Alabaster canopic chest of Queen Hetepheres I
Alabaster canopic chest of Queen Hetepheres I, with lid; contains fluid (solution of natron and water) and parts of viscera.
Details
- ID
- GEM_6363
- Alternate IDs
- GEM_6363; 6363; EMC_JE_52452; JE_52452; EMC_SR_1/10076; SR_1/10076
- Department
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Canopics and canopic Boxes
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu
- Title
- Alabaster canopic chest of Queen Hetepheres I
- Medium
- Calcite/Alabaster
- Dimensions
- H 34.8 x W 48.8 x D 54.3 cm
- Credit Line
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Provenance
- G 7000 X
- Bibliography
- Smith, William Stevenson. “The Old Kingdom in Egypt,” The Cambridge Ancient History, rev. ed. of vols. I & II, Cambridge University Press, 1962, p. 26.
- Notes
- From excavations of George Reisner, 1925. A large portion of Special Register section 7 (volumes 13-16) was originally misnumbered, with the object numbers following in sequence from section 1 volume 4; these numbers have thus been given EMC_SR_1 prefixes, despite being recorded in section 7.
- Remarks
- RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; Hetepheres; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_52452; EMC_SR_1.10076
