New Year's bottle

New Year's bottles, or New Year's flasks, are an archaeological type of lentoid bottles found in the cultures of Ancient Egypt.^[1] These bottle were filled with water from the Nile, or possibly with perfume or oil, and offered as celebratory gifts for the New Year.^[2] Since the Egyptian New year began at the start of the flood season, offering water from the Nile was a way to symbolise the new cycle.^[3]

New Year's bottle on display at Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Geneva.