Canopic Jar
29-87-505A
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt in Watercolors
From: Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-87-505A |
| Current Location | Ancient Egypt in Watercolors - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Dra Abu El-Naga |
| Locus | Lc II 3, Tomb 6A |
| Period | New Kingdom | Third Intermediate Period |
| Date Made | 1200-900 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Description | Canopic jars contained the inner organs of the deceased, removed during the mummification process. The jars are associated with the four sons of Horus: Imsety (human headed, protector of the liver); Qebehsenuef (falcon headed, protector of the intestines); Duamutef (jackal headed, protector of the stomach), and Hapi (baboon headed, protector of the lungs). This example is uninscribed. |
| Height | 21.59 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Drah abu el Naga (Thebes), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1921-1923 |
| Other Number | 960 - Field No SF |
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