Canopic jar with human head (Imsety)
Object type: Canopic jar with human head (Imsety)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Date: ca. 800–650 BC
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Jar: H. 25.4 × D. 15.3 × Diam. 10.5 cm (10 in. × 6 in. × 4 1/8 in.); Lid: H. 13 × W. 12.5 × D. 12.2 × Diam. 6.5 cm (5 1/8 × 4 15/16 × 4 13/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: cemetery 300, Ptolemaic vaulted tomb, Pit 1
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Accession year: 1913