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Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Hapy

'Late Period, Saite?
664–525 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 127
Canopic jars were made to hold the internal organs that were removed during mummification. This canopic jar, with its baboon-headed lid, probably held the lungs and was under the protection of the god Hapy, one of the Four Sons of Horus. The other three jars of the set are 12.183.1a, c,d.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Hapy
  • Period: 'Late Period, Saite?
  • Date: 664–525 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt; Possibly from Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos
  • Medium: Limestone, paint
  • Dimensions: H. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in); diam. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.183.1b.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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