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Canopic jar lid
Egyptian
Late Period, Dynasty 25–30
760–332 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 12 x 11.4 cm (4 3/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.618
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionThis limestone lid to a canopic jar is shaped as a human head with generally rounded proportions. The figure likely represents Imsety, one of the Four Sons of Horus, protectors of the viscera of the deceased. Its tripartite wig is modelled as though tightly pulled back behind the ears. Traces of black paint add detail to the eyes. Edges of the lid are nicked on proper left side, and several small frgamtns have also been chipped from the lower rim of the wig. Otherwise the lid is in good condition.
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)