Limestone canopic jar and lid
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7442 (formerly G 7440 Z), G 7247, G 7530-7540
Limestone canopic jar and lid; complete, mouth and sides damaged.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:2
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_27-6-1
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_27-6-1; 27-6-1
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Vessels
- Entry Date
- 06/05/1927
- Title
- Limestone canopic jar and lid
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: lid: 2 cm; jar: 24.8 cm Diameter: lid base: 10.1 cm; lid top: 12 cm; jar mouth: 10 - 12.7 cm; jar max: 15 cm; jar base: 9.5 cm x 10 cm Thickness: jar: 1.5 cm Depth: jar: 21.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- G 7530-7540: pit G 7530 A, debris of canopic pit (jar found in canopic pit, lid found in debris of chamber near sarcophagus)
- Bibliography
- Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23, fig. 16a.
- Remarks
- MFA 27.1551.1-4 (four canopic jars and lids): 26-6-1 = jar .1, 27-6-2 = jar .2, 27-6-3 = jar .3, 27-6-4 = jar .4
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
