Fragment of the Upper Edge of Siptah's Canopic Chest
Object type: Canopic box, Siptah, side decoration, top edge
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Siptah
Date: ca. 1194–1188 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); w. 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); th. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Tomb of Siptah (KV 47)
Excavation: Davis/Burton excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1914
Accession year: 1914