Canopic jar cover

Description

Canopic jar cover of pink pottery with drab wash, in form of human head wearing a wig cover painted with blue stripes, for an oviform canopic jar naming Si-Amun: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom, 18th - 19th Dynasty, c. 1550 - 1185 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.184 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Canopic jar cover

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

c. 1550 - 1185 BC

Style / Culture

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Ceramic

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Rhind Collection