Canopic jar with a falcon-headed lid (Qebehsenuef)
Unknown Artist
664–525 B.C.
Medium
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions
Jar: H. 31.1 × D. 25.5 × Diam. 15.2 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in., 15.2 cm); Lid: H. 12.3 × W. 17.6 × D. 17.8 × Diam. 13.6 cm (4 13/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
Canopic jar, falcon, Qebehsenuef, Selkit
Period
Late Period, Saite
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1910
Accession Number
10.178.2a, b
Tags
Falcons