Canopic jar cover

Description

Canopic jar cover of white limestone, carved as the human head of the god Imsety: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom, c. 1550 - 1069 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.187 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Canopic jar cover

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

c. 1550 - 1069 BC

Style / Culture

New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone, white

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Rhind Collection
Depicted: Imsety
Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

References

Rhind, A. H. 1862. Thebes: Its Tombs and its Tenants, p. 154-5

Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities 1863, nos. 3-5

Murray, M. 1900. Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the National Museum of Antiquities, p. 30 no. 504