Sycamore Pitcher - THE SYCAMORE WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO EGYPT. TWO OF THEM, CALLED THE "SYCAMORES OF TURQUOISE" STOOD AT THE EASTERN GATE OF HEAVEN FROM WHICH THE SUN EMERGED EACH MORNING. THESE SYCAMORES WERE ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE GODDESSES NUT, HATHOR AND ISIS, EACH OF WHOM WERE CALLED "LADY OF THE SYCAMORE". NUT AND HATHOR WERE OFTEN SHOWN TO REACH OUT FROM THE TREE TO OFFER FOOD AND WATER TO THE DECEASED. THIS PITCHER SET WAS CREATED IN HONER OF THE SYCAMORE AND ITS THREE GODDESSES.