Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54)
Object type: Canopic Jar Lid to the jar 07.226.1 of Kiya, secondary queen of Akhenaten
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1349–1330 B.C. or shortly thereafter
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), blue glass, obsidian, unidentified stone
Dimensions: lid: H. 18.2 × Diam. 16.6 cm, 3.9 kg (7 3/16 × 6 9/16 in., 8.6 lb.); jar and lid: H. 53.2 cm (20 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Tomb KV 55
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1907 (07.226.1)
Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.54)
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Women|Heads