Canopic Jar Lid
This canopic jar lid is similar in style to a set inscribed for a man named Neferi (see 11.150.41). Canopic jars were made to hold the four internal organs removed during mummification and the inscriptions on them often invoke the deities who protected these organs. During Dynasty 18, the jar lids were usually decorated with human heads that would have been interchangeable, but the underside of this lid has an ink inscription with the name Hapy, one of the Four Sons of Horus, who protected the lungs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Canopic Jar Lid
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Pottery, marl A4, red ichre wash, paint
- Dimensions: H. 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); Diam. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.); Diam. of rim 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.2306
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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