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Canopic jar lid
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
1550–1295 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 9.5 x 12.7 cm (3 3/4 x 5 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1581
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionThis lid for a canopic jar is fashioned of reddish pottery in the shape of a human head. The figure ears a long false beard. The headdress is painted a dark gray with faint remnants of yellowish stripes, though the paint has flaked off in many ares to expose the reddish color of the underlying clay. The face in painted bright yellow. Extra modeling has been devoted to the hair/wig to emphasize front lappets, possibly intending to indicate a nemes-headdress.
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 son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)