Canopic jar with a human-headed lid

Medium

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)

Dimensions

Jar with lid: H. 38 × Diam. 22 cm (14 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Jar: H. 25.5 × D. 21.5 × Circ. 67 cm (10 1/16 × 8 7/16 × 26 3/8 in.); Diam. of rim (jar): 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); Diam. of base (jar): 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Lid: H. 16.5 × W. 17 × D. 18.4 cm (6 1/2 × 6 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Diam. of foot (lid): 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)

Classification

Canopic jar, male head

Period

Late Period, Saite

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915

Accession Number

30.8.125a, b

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