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| Keywords: Egyptian - Jubilee Vessel of Pepi I - Walters 4128.jpg The beautiful hieroglyphs on this vessel identify its owner and the ritual in which it was used On the left is King Pepi I's Horus name one of a king's five names Beloved of the Two Lands Egypt At center is his throne name Mery-re; below are brief symmetrical texts reading given life and dominion forever On the right is a text First day of the Sed-festival If an Egyptian king reigned for thirty years he performed a ritual of renewal the Sed-festival in which this vessel would have been used ca 2290 BC Old Kingdom alabaster calcite and pigment bottom cm 14 5 10 7 h x diam ; top cm 14 4 diam accession number 41 28 15119 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 Translation The Horus Mery-tawy Beloved of the Two Lands ; King of Upper and Lower Egypt Mery-re Beloved of Re ; First occasion of the Sed-festival; Given life and dominion forever given life and dominion forever; Translation Right column First of the Sed Festival Middle column King of Upper and Lower Egypt Mery-Ra Left column Horus name Mery-tawy ; Horizontally Given life and happiness forever this twice place of origin Saqqara Egypt Walters Art Museum license Pepi I Sed festival Ointment vessel-Alabastron Works of the 6th dynasty of Egypt 24th-century BC works Hieroglyphs on jars and bowls Dagger tp hieroglyph Festival pavilion hieroglyph Tent and basin hieroglyph Conical bread hieroglyph Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Old age in Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian art made from alabaster Egyptian stone bowls vessels | ||||
