Canopic jar with a jackal-headed lid
Object type: Canopic jar, jackal
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period, Saite
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Date: 664–525 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: Jar with Lid: H. 49 × Diam. 22.8 cm (19 5/16 in. × 9 in.); Jar: H. 28.3 × D. 23.6 × Circ. 70 cm (11 1/8 × 9 5/16 × 27 9/16 in.); Diam. of rim (Jar): 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Diam. of base (Jar): 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); Lid: H. 22.3 × W. 17.4 × D. 19.7 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Diam. of foot (lid): 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
Geography: From|Possibly from  |  Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes 
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 

Accession year: 1930
Tags: Jackals