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New Kingdom
Each of four jars in Neferi's set of canopic jars is decorated with human arms and hands that hold a was-scepter (right hand) and an ankh (left hand). These arms probably indicate the protection of the deity who is invoked in the inscription on each jar - in this case Qebehsenuef, who protected the intestines which were probably originally stored inside.
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Title: Canopic jar Inscribed for Neferi
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1550–1295 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Asyut (Lykopolis)
Medium: Pottery, Nile B, red ochre wash, paint
Dimensions: H. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number: 11.150.44
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