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Canopic jar with lid
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
1550–1295 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 35.5 x 17.7 cm (14 x 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1590
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionThis canopic jar and lid are both of reddish-brown pottery. Both jar and lid were wheel made with the lid also modeled by hand. A single column of black painted hieroglyphic text on body identifies the owner (see below). The lid takes the shape of human head, intended to represent Hapy (one of the Four Sons of Horus, protectors of the viscera of the deceased). The body of the jar is cracked severely and has been restored.
Translation of the text:
"One honored by Hapy, Osiris Lector-priest (?) of Amen, Amenemhat."
Transliteration:
imAxy xr Hapy Wsir [Xry?]-Hb n Imn Imn-m-HAt
This jar and lid are similar to object 72.1589. For other jars belonging to the same owner (i.e. from the same set) see: 72.1591, 72.1592.
Translation of the text:
"One honored by Hapy, Osiris Lector-priest (?) of Amen, Amenemhat."
Transliteration:
imAxy xr Hapy Wsir [Xry?]-Hb n Imn Imn-m-HAt
This jar and lid are similar to object 72.1589. For other jars belonging to the same owner (i.e. from the same set) see: 72.1591, 72.1592.
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)