Canopic Chest of Khonsu

New Kingdom, Ramesside

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126

The canopic box, made for Khonsu (see 86.1.1a, b and 86.1.2a, b), has a shrine-shaped lid and the typical Egyptian cavetto cornice around the upper edge. It is built on sledge runners, and there are two knobs for tying the lid shut. The interior is divided into four compartments for the storage of the four internal organs. The lid is decorated with two images of Anubis as a jackal, and the sides of the box are decorated with the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, Selket and Neith, and the Four Sons of Horus, protectors of the internal organs. The inscriptions assure Khonsu of their protection. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb can be viewed here.

Canopic Chest of Khonsu, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish

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Canopic Chest of Khonsu, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
Canopic Chest of Khonsu, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
Canopic Chest of Khonsu, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
Canopic Chest of Khonsu, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish

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