The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Canopic chest of Ukhhotep

Canopic chest of Ukhhotep

Period:: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 12
Date:: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Geography:: probably from Middle Egypt, Meir (Mir); Country of Origin Egypt, Khashaba
Medium:: Wood, paint, copper hook
Dimensions:: Box: h. 56 x l. 57.5 x w. 56.8 cm (22 1/16 x 22 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.) Lid: h. 5.4 x l. 57.5 x w. 56.8 cm (2 1/8 x 22 5/8 x 22 3/8 in.)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number:: 12.182.133a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 112

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Inscribed on the outside of lid: Invocation to Anubia for offerings; on the four sides of the box the recitations of Genii; inside the lid 'Ukhhotep honored of Nut on field of stars'; on sides 'Ukhhoteep honored of Genii'.
Provenance

Excavated at Meir by Sayyid Pasha Khashaba. Acquired by Khashaba in the division of finds. Purchased from Khashaba by the Museum, 1912.
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Wood (7,651)

Copper (6,255)

Furniture (5,725)

Case furniture (874)

Funerary containers (778)

Chests (335)

Hooks (301)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)
When
2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 2000–1000 B.C.