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Canopic jar lid

Middle Kingdom

ca. 1850–1750 B.C.

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Title: Canopic jar lid

Period: Middle Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13

Date: ca. 1850–1750 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery south of pyramid south of House A1:4, Pit 899, MMA excavations, 1920–22

Medium: Limestone

Dimensions: H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)

Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis and Gifts of Albert M. Lythgoe and Egypt Exploration Fund, by exchange, 1982

Accession Number: 1982.437

Chronology

Egypt, 2000-1000 B.C.

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