An Egyptian Alabaster Model Libation (nemset) Jar, Old Kingdom, ca. 2775 – 2650 BCE Coins Provenance: Ex UK private collection

Provenance: Ex UK private collection

beaked nose

Dimensions: 48 x 33 in

Condition:  Tiny chip to the top but otherwise the seal is intact and in excellent condition overall

and gold spacer beads

An Egyptian Alabaster Model Libation (nemset) Jar, Old Kingdom, ca. 2775 – 2650 BCE Coins Provenance: Ex UK private collectionSmall model vessels, solid or with only token cavities, first appear in tombs during the early Old Kingdom. They were placed in the subterranean burial apartments to provide symbolic sustenance for the afterlife. Carved from a single piece of banded alabaster, this small model container is of a type known as a nemset jar, well attested as a libation vessel used in funerary and temple rituals for nearly three thousand years. The cylindrical form, with