Two Bottles in the Form of Pomegranates
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The pomegranate did not arrive in Egypt until the beginning of the New Kingdom, when it was probably brought back from western Asia during the military campaigns of the early Eighteenth Dynasty. While the fruit may initially have been available only as an import, pomegranate trees were soon planted in Egyptian gardens. The attributes of the fruit served as the point of departure for an elegant, stylized vessel shape with a scalloped rim. Pomegranates in nature can range from green to yellow to red, so the choices for these vessels are not unrealistic. The juice was prized as a drink and often added to wine, but it can also be used as an astringent to shrink tissues and reduce swelling in wounds. The larger jar (26.7.1180) probably held juice for consumption as a drink. The smaller, green jar (44.4.52) depicts the fruit in its unripe state, when the juice is too sour to drink, and may have held juice intended for medicinal purposes.Free picture Two Bottles in the Form of Pomegranates integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
