Canopic Jar
| Object Number: | E14227A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Sphinx Gallery Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Sedment |
| Locus: | Tomb 260 |
| Period: | Nineteenth Dynasty New Kingdom |
| Date Made: | ca. 1250 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1275 |
| Late Date: | -1225 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Faience |
| Iconography: | Duamutef Jackal Head |
| Height: | 29.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 |
Description
Canopic jar with jackal head representing Duamutef, one of the sons of Horus, guardian of the stomach. Blue Faience. Property of Songstress of Herishef, Hathor.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Sphinx Gallery (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 24/15 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Fishman, Bernard, and O'Connor, David B., and Silverman, David P., and Fleming, Stuart J. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 33 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 68 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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