Pitcher
A pitcher broken at the fountain is representative of Ecclesiastes 12, verse 6: "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern."
Tombstones for Levites of Ashkenazi descent will often include the Levite symbol of a pitcher and, sometimes, a bowl or basin, referring to the Levites' traditional duty, during Biblical times, of cleaning the hands of the Temple priest (the Cohen) prior to a religious service.
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