Canopic jar of Nephthys

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112

This Middle Kingdom canopic jar belongs to a set of four (11.150.17b–e), which were used to contain the viscera removed from the body during mummification. These four jars belong very probably to the burial of a mayor’s daughter called Nephthys (for her mummy, see 11.150.15c, and for her two coffins, see 11.150.15a, b). In earlier periods, canopic jars had simple disc-shaped or hemispherical lids. In the late First Intermediate Period to early Middle Kingdom, however, lids in the form of human heads were introduced.

Canopic jar of Nephthys, Indurated limestone, paint, linen

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Canopic jar of Nephthys, Indurated limestone, paint, linen
Canopic jar of Nephthys, Indurated limestone, paint, linen

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