Fragmentary juglet or bilbil (lacking rim and handle) of burnished red ware with squat globular body, thin tapering neck and originally with a long strap handle. Contains the remains of its original contents. Found within the New Kingdom cemetery at Balabish.

Bibliography:  For more information, see:

C. Graves 2016 'Balabish: Rediscovering an expedition' in S. Boonstra (ed.) Objects Come to Life Virtual Exhibition, Birmingham Egyptology.

G.A. Wainwright 1920. Balabish. London. Egypt Exploration Society.
https://archive.org/details/balabish37wain

Notes:  A long strap-handle connecting the squat globular body to a tapering rim is now missing. Plate 25 from the excavation report of Balabish by G.A. Wainwright indicates that the vessel was complete when discovered in Burial 157 - though the tomb card confirms that this was not the case. Wainwright believed that bilbils were imported from the Levantine coastal region or Cyprus; later research has shown that the latter is more likely.