Falcon-headed stopper (Qebehsenuef) from a canopic jar
Object type: falcon-headed stopper (Qebehsenuef)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 23–26
Date: ca. 818–525 B.C.
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Jar with Lid: H. 30.5 × Diam. 12.8 cm (12 × 5 1/16 in.); Lid: H. 11.3 × W. 9.3 × D. 11.4 cm (4 7/16 × 3 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Diam. of foot: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes el-Khokha
Locale: Tomb MMA 830-C
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1928
Accession year: 1928
Tags: Falcons