Object Details
- Collector
- Walter J. Clark
- Donor Name
- Walter J. Clark
- TAN-COLORED LID OF CANOPIC JAR DEPICTS CARVED FACE W/ DETAILED FACIAL FEATURES AND EARS. SURFACE HEAVILY CHIPPED AND ABRADED ALL OVER.
- Human head form.
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Canopic jar lid, limestone, c. 380-342 BC. Lids of canopic jars represented the four Sons of Horus. The human head of Imsety, protector of the liver, sits atop this lid.
- Record Last Modified
- 12 Jul 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI (?)
- Accession Date
- 15 Jul 1997
- Collection Date
- 1955 to 1956
- Accession Number
- 409928
- USNM Number
- A553322-0
- Object Type
- Canopic Jar
- Length - Object
- 11 cm
- Width - Object
- 10 cm
- Height - Object
- 10 cm
- Place
- Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8504093
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3224cb9c5-b9b6-4ca6-808f-91a9ad7ba29c
