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Canopic jar lid (Imsety)
Egyptian
Late Period, Dynasty 25–30
760–332 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 11.1 x 13.3 cm (4 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1563
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionThis is a lid to a canopic jar fashioned of pottery. It has been given the form fo a bell-shaped human head. Traces of paint remain: very small areas of light blue along the edges of the face with darker stripes of black variably preserved over the majority of the head. The face is painted gray to gray-brown, the eyes white, and the eyebrows (and other eye details) black. No traces of glaze are evident. Horizontal bands of black, red, and blue (now somewhat faint) likely depict a necklace/collar.
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)