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Collection Item: Canopic Vessel Cover

Basic info

Collection
Decorative Arts
Object name
Canopic vessel cover
Object category
Egyptian
Description
A carved sandstone cover for a canopic jar. The cover is carved in the shape of a male Egyptian head.
Production date start
-664
Production date end
-525
Period
Saitic Period
Twenty-sixth Dynasty

More info

Identification

Object number
YORAG : 1427
Number of objects
1
Classification code
1.1186
1.112
Classification scheme
SHIC
SHIC
ID
15004277

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Sandstone (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole height 130.0 mm
Whole 120.0 mm

Production

Location
Egypt