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Canopic jar surmounted with lid in form of falcon-headed Horus
Canopic jar surmounted with lid in form of falcon-headed Horus
Object Number 35-2-50/1090
Display Title Canopic jar surmounted with lid in form of falcon-headed Horus
Descriptions
Object Description Canopic jar surmounted with lid in form of falcon-headed Horus The object is a widemouth, wheel-turned ceramic vessel with lid. The low-fired clay is painted after firing with yellow, red, blue, black slip over a white ground. There remains some faint outline of original decorative motif: vertical brush strokes in dark blue or black. The interior is 3/4 filled with dried/powdered human remains mixed with bits of cellulose fiber and woven textile. The lid is painted similarly - sculpted in form of falcon-headed Horus.
Inventory Description Ceramic, complete vessel, canopic jar, rounded base and body, constricted rim, plain base, white pigment above base, blue pigment on body, horizontal bands of red and yellow pigment at neck and rim of jar, zoomorphic falcon head on lid, blue eyes on white face, blue head, horizontal bands of red and yellow where sits on jar, white pigment in interior of jar and lid, ring base on lid fits into jar, some losses including beak
Classification
  • Urn
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Egypt
Materials Ceramic, Pigment
Dimensions Overall (Dimensions of jar): 20.5 × 15.9 × 15.6 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.) Overall (Dimensions of lid): 9.3 × 12.9 × 12.5 cm (3 11/16 × 5 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.) Overall (Height of jar and lid together): 27.4 cm (10 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-2-50/1090
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Algernon Coolidge
Provenance
Donor Dr. Algernon Coolidge

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