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Canopic jar
Egyptian
Late Period, Dynasty 25–30
760–332 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 20.9 x 14.3 cm (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.605
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionThis limestone canopic jar has well smoothed exterior surfaces. It sides are slightly convex. Its base is rough. The interior well is both wide and deeply carved. Largely faded traces of hieroglyphic text painted in black paint appear just below a very badly chipped and battered rim. The text likely reads as the name "[Dua]mutef," one of the Four Sons of Horus, protectors of the viscera of the deceased.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)