Canopic jar with head of jackal (Duamutef)
Object type: Canopic jar with head of jackal (Duamutef)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Date: ca. 800–650 BC
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Jar: H. 26.5 × D. 17.3 × Diam. 11.8 cm (10 7/16 in. × 6 13/16 in. × 4 5/8 in.); Lid: H. 18 × W.13.5 × D. 17.8 × Diam. 7.5 cm (7 1/16 × 5 5/16 × 7 × 2 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: cemetery 300, Ptolemaic vaulted tomb, Pit 1
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Jackals