Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter

Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54) by Unknown Artist

Medium

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), blue glass, obsidian, unidentified stone

Dimensions

lid: H. 18.2 × Diam. 16.6 cm, 3.9 kg (7 3/16 × 6 9/16 in., 8.6 lb.); jar and lid: H. 53.2 cm (20 15/16 in.)

Classification

Canopic Jar Lid to the jar 07.226.1 of Kiya, secondary queen of Akhenaten

Period

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1907 (07.226.1) Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.54)

Accession Number

30.8.54

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