Canopic Chest of Senbi

Middle Kingdom

ca. 1961–1878 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112

This canopic box was part of the burial equipment of the steward Senbi, which also included the Museum’s famous hippopotamus (nicknamed "William" – see 17.9.1). The box is inscribed with recitations of the four sons of Horus and invocation of offerings in the name of Anubis. The inner lid is surmounted by four wooden heads representing the four sons of Horus, the guardians of the viscera.

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Title: Canopic Chest of Senbi
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: Senwosret I to Senwosret II
Date: ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Meir, Tomb B3 of the nomarch Senbi II, pit 1 (steward Senbi), Khashaba excavations, 1910–11
Medium: Wood (ziziphus sp.), paint, string
Dimensions: Chest with lid: H. 58.5 × W. 59.2 × D. 59 cm (23 1/16 × 23 5/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Inner lid: W. 50 × D. 51.2 cm (19 11/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Object Number: 11.150.17a1–3
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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