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Collection Item: Canopic Vessel

Basic info

Collection
Decorative Arts
Object name
Canopic vessel
Object category
Egyptian
Description
A carved limestone canopic jar. The front of the jar is painted with a column of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Production date start
-664
Production date end
-525
Period
Saitic Period
Twenty-sixth Dynasty

More info

Identification

Object number
YORAG : 1433
Number of objects
1
Classification code
1.1186
1.112
Classification scheme
SHIC
SHIC
ID
15004271

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Limestone (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 240.0 mm
Whole 160.0 mm

Production

Location
Egypt