Wooden sculptured canopic jar lid with a human face from a Middle Kingdom burial at el-Riqqeh, near the 12th Dynasty Residence Itjtawy. Canopic jar lids of the Middle and early New Kingdoms have human head form, but later the human head was reserved for just one of the four sons of Horus, Amset.
Present location | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN | ||
Inventory number | 1913:332 | ||
Dating | 12TH DYNASTY | ||
Archaeological Site | EL-RIQQEH | ||
Category | CANOPIC JAR LID | ||
Material | WOOD | ||
Technique | SCULPTURED | ||
Height | 12 cm | ||
Width | 12.5 cm | ||
Depth | 11 cm | globalegyptianmuseum.org |
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