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Canopic jar with lid representing Duamutef

EGYPT, (Qurna, Thebes)
Canopic jar with lid representing Duamutef
 Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties XXI–XXV 1069 BCE-664 BCE

Medium
limestone

Measurements
(a-b) 33.8 × 13.2 × 15.1 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881
© Public Domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Inscription
none

Accession Number
2.a-b-D1A

Department
Antiquities

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Jar with a wide, flat base and ovoid body with wide shoulder. The jar is solid except for a shallow cavity below the lid. The lid is in the form of a jackal head, its basic features having been carved out. The workmanship is quite simplistic. The jackal head represents the god Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus.

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