Lid from a canopic jar
In ancient Egypt canopic jars were used to store the organs removed during the mummification process. This pottery jar lid is shaped like a human head and probably represents the god Imsety, protector of the liver. It was originally brightly coloured with yellow, red, blue and green pigments.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A420
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Ross, F.W.L.
- Material
- ceramicpigment
- Common Name
- lid from a canopic jar
- Simple Name
- lid
- Period Classification
- New Kingdom (Dynasties 18-20) - 1650-1070 BC
- Production Country
- Egypt
- Production Year Low
- -1500
- Production Year High
- -1300
