Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Qebehsenuef

Late Period, Saite?

664–525 BC

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 127

Canopic jars were made to hold the internal organs that were removed during mummification. This canopic jar, with its falcon-headed lid, probably held the intestines and was under the protection of the god Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus. The other three jars of the set are 12.183.1a, b,d.

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Title: Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Qebehsenuef
Period: Late Period, Saite?
Date: 664–525 BC
Geography: From Egypt; Possibly from Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in); Diam. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in)
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912
Object Number: 12.183.1c.1, .2
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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