Canopic Jar
Object Number:
E14227A
Current Location:
Egypt (Mummies) Gallery
Provenience:
Egypt
Sedment
Locus:
Tomb 260
Period:
Nineteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Date Made:
c. 1250 BC
Early Date:
-1275
Late Date:
-1225
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Faience
Iconography:
Duamutef
Jackal Head
Description:
Canopic jar with jackel head representing Duamutef, one of the sons of Horus, guardian of the stomach. Blue Faience. Property of Songstress of Arsaphes, Hathor.
Height:
29.8cm
Credit Line:
Gift of the British School of Archaeology
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980)
Bibliography:
[Book] Fleming, Stuart, et al. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science. : Page/Fig./Plate: 33
[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 24/15
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