Alabaster canopic jar and lid
Alabaster canopic jar and lid with hawk's head, [qbH-snw-f] Qebehsenuef; inscribed on side [GLYPHS] Horemakhet; black remains inside.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_29-4-436
- Alternate IDs
- 29-4-436; HUMFA_29-4-436
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Canopics and canopic Boxes
- Entry Date
- 04/19/1929 (?)
- Title
- Alabaster canopic jar and lid
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Dimensions
- Height: 23 cm Diameter: 13.6 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7524 A, room VII (?)
- Bibliography
- D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 190-191, cat. 137. Zivie-Coche, Christiane M. Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991, pp. 274-275.
- Remarks
- One of set of four alabaster canopic jars with lids representing four sons of Horus, including 29-4-433 (Imseti, human-headed), 29-4-434 (Duamutef, jackal-headed), 29-4-435 (Hapi, baboon-headed), 29-4-436 (Qebehsenuef, hawk-headed).
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified