Egyptian Lachrymal or tear vial

dc.contributor.other	Marshal, Nicolas.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-06T10:18:53Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-06T10:18:53Z
dc.date.created	2400 BC
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.description	This small narrow-necked terracotta vial from the Egyptian 11th dynasty was used to catch and keep tears. When a pharaoh or important official died, mourners shed their tears in the little vials which were then sealed in the tomb. The deceased would see these tokens of grief when he reached the next world. Inside the lachrymal a rolled-up envelope was found containing the following information written on it: “Given by Napoleon and believed to be a cane head once belonging to Marshal Soult of Waterloo, who fought under Napoleon”. Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, the Duc de Dalmatie (1769-1851) was Napoleon’s Chief-of-Staff at Waterloo	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Ceramic 101	en_ZA
dc.format.extent	100 mm X 30 mm	en_ZA
dc.format.medium	Terracotta	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53703
dc.relation.ispartofseries	D700515	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Tear vial	en_ZA
dc.title	Egyptian Lachrymal or tear vial	en_ZA
dc.type	Image	en_ZA