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Canopic jar with a falcon-headed lid
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Aly, R. Ali and M. Magdy

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Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 1321

SRSpecial Registers of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Numbers developed based on the division of sections within the Egyptian museum. 23241
CGCatalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du musée du Caire
A series of scholarly publications, which groups objects by subject in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. 4405

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Category:

Tomb equipment, Canopic Jars

Date:

Ancient Egyptian period

Provenance:

Unknown

Material(s):

Rock, limestone

Total height:

32 cm;

height of the jar:

22 cm;

diameter of the rim:

11 cm;

height of the lid:

11 cm

Hall:

In the Afterlife, showcase 8

Canopic jar with a lid taking the features of «falcon-headed», one of the sons of the God Horus.

The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References

Sue D'Auria et al., Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt (Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988).
Aidan Dodson, “Canopic Jars and Chests”, in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, edited by Donald B. Redford, vol. 1 (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001): 231-235.

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