Tableware, ankh, was-scepter
European Museums, The British MuseumAnkh on a tableware
Tableware
Pottery vessels were used by all levels of society. Small cups and plates were used during meals, large casseroles for cooking, and storage jars for keeping and transporting water, oil and wine. While beer and bread formed the staple diet of most people, the rich could feast on meat, poultry and wine. Finely shaped vessels, sometimes painted or polished, expressed the wealth and prestige of the elite.
Wine and oil jars. These were kept upright on stands or by partly burying them in the mud floors of houses.
EA 4861, EA 50747, EA 51097, EA 57419
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