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Anepigraphic canopic jar of Amset

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Canopic jar of Amset, with a human head as lid, discovered in Herakleopolis Magna, in the Third Intermediate Period cemetery, together with the three other partner vases. It has no inscription, and it was found without the deceased's viscera inside, a common feature of this period. It comes from Djedptahiuesankh's tomb.

Present location

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID

Inventory number

1976/114/a/1871

Dating

22ND DYNASTY (not before); 3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD; 25TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES (not after)

Archaeological Site

IHNASIYA EL-MADINA/HERAKLEOPOLIS

Category

CANOPIC JAR

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HEWN

Height

36 cm

Diameter

14 cm

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