It's not a purse. It's a bucket containing the king/god's, er, seed. They called it "water", the water of life (procreation), and it was believed to create sons that were gods, a divine sperm.
It's not a purse. It's a bucket containing the king/god's, er, seed. They called it "water", the water of life (procreation), and it was believed to create sons that were gods, a divine sperm.