Canopic Jar
Canopic Jar

Currently not on view

Canopic Jar,

1570–1085 BCE

Egyptian
New Kingdom, ca. 1550–1070 BCE
y1942-51 a-b

Information

Title
Canopic Jar
Dates

1570–1085 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 39.0 cm, diam. 18.2 cm (15 3/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906
Object Number
y1942-51 a-b
Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
New Kingdom
Type
canopic jars, funerary objects, ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
faces

At some point sold with Parke-Bernet, labelled with lot no. 282; given by Carl Otto von Kienbusch to the Museum in 1942

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