Canopic Jar with an Image Representing the Hieroglyph for Face

New Kingdom

ca. 1550–1450 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117

The lid of this canopic jar is decorated with a human face styled after the traditional form of the hieroglyph "hr," the word for face in ancient Egyptian.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Canopic Jar with an Image Representing the Hieroglyph for Face
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Date: ca. 1550–1450 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga
Medium: Pottery, paint
Dimensions: Height of a and b: 32.6 cm (12 13/16 in.); diam. of jar 17.9 cm (7 1/16 in)
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, 2008
Object Number: 2008.32a, b
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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