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Canopic jar with lid representing Qebehsenuef

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

Medium
limestone

Measurements
(a-b) 24.5 × 10.5 × 9.9 cm (overall)

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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
3.a-b-D1A

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Jar with a wide, flat base and an ovoid body with broad shoulder. The jar is solid except for a shallow cavity below the lid. The lid is falcon headed with features roughly carved out. It represents the god Qebehsenuef, one of the four sons of Horus. The top of the nose and the brow are chipped.

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