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Canopic jar (Qebehsenuf)

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Canopic jar, badly cracked, bearing on one side an incised line on either side of the hieroglyphic writing of the god Qebehsenuf, one of the four sons of Horus. This is one of the relatively rare Middle Kingdom examples, and was found in the elite cemeteries at el-Riqqeh, near the 12th Dynasty Residence Itjtawy.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1913:286

Dating

12TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

EL-RIQQEH

Category

CANOPIC JAR

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

SCULPTURED

Height

20.5 cm

Diameter

16 cm

Translation

Qebehsenuef.

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