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Canopic jar lid

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Wooden sculptured canopic jar lid with a human face from a Middle Kingdom burial at el-Riqqeh, near the 12th Dynasty Residence Itjtawy. Canopic jar lids of the Middle and early New Kingdoms have human head form, but later the human head was reserved for just one of the four sons of Horus, Amset.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1913:332

Dating

12TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

EL-RIQQEH

Category

CANOPIC JAR LID

Material

WOOD

Technique

SCULPTURED

Height

12 cm

Width

12.5 cm

Depth

11 cm

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