Fayoum / canopic jar and lid / Ceramic / Paint / Pigment

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Object Identifier
0000.00.4970b
Other Number
Root, p.16-17, no. 3;0000.00.4970a
Type of Number
Catalogue Number;canopic jar, pairs with lid
Object Name
canopic jar and lid
Materials
Ceramic
Paint
Pigment
Length
;
Width
;
Height
7.9 cm;
Thickness
;
Weight
;a: 2097 g, b: 521 g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
yes
Full Artifact Description
Human-headed canopic jar. Sides of jar are of irregular thickness. Base rounded and unstable. Perhaps hand built by coil method. Face is oval and yellow. Red-edged headdress covers ears and flares slightly to meet bevelled base of the lid. Two inscriptions: a simple vertical inscription in one column of Dynasty XVIII date and an inscription in black over the first, apparently of modern date. Traces of plaster and paint survive. Body extensively repaired.
Subjects
Human head
Verbatim Date
1570-1293 BC
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Verbatim Site
Fayoum
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Case 18 - Dynastic Funerary
Exhibition Curator
Richards, Janet
Exhibition Year
2009
Publication Title
Faces of Immortality: Egyptian Mummy Masks, Painted Portraits and Canopic Jars in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Publication Author
Root, Margaret Cool
Publication Year
1979
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

Record
0000.00.4970b
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4970b/dscn2318.jpg

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"Fayoum; canopic jar and lid; Ceramic; Paint; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4970b/dscn2318.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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