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Late Period
One of two jars, presumably from a set of four (see also 25.3.115b, c, found smashed in the courtyard of Tomb MMA 832. Painted on the body are images of Osiris and a mummiform figure with a falcon head, labeled as the canopic deity Qebehsenuef (guardian of the intestines).
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Title: Canopic Jar, Qebehsenuef
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–30
Date: ca. 712–332 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb MMA 832 (H 3), Courtyard, MMA excavations, 1911–12
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 22.7 × Diam. 12.6 × D. 21.2 cm (8 15/16 × 4 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Diam. of base: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
Object Number: 28.3.115a
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