Canopic Chest of Senbi
Object type: Canopic chest, Senbi
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: Senwosret I to Senwosret II
Date: ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
Medium: Wood (ziziphus sp.), paint, string
Dimensions: Chest with lid: H. 58.5 × W. 59.2 × D. 59 cm (23 1/16 × 23 5/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Inner lid: W. 50 × D. 51.2 cm (19 11/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Middle Egypt Meir
Locale: Tomb B3 of the nomarch Senbi II
Locus: pit 1 (steward Senbi)
Excavation: Khashaba excavations, 1910–11
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911
Tags: Hieroglyphs