Title: Canopic jar with a human-headed lid
Object type: Canopic jar, male head
Date: 664–525 B.C.
Period: Late Period, Saite
Dynasty: Dynasty 26
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: Jar with lid: H. 38 × Diam. 22 cm (14 15/16 × 8 11/16 in.); Jar: H. 25.5 × D. 21.5 × Circ. 67 cm (10 1/16 × 8 7/16 × 26 3/8 in.); Diam. of rim (jar): 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); Diam. of base (jar): 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Lid: H. 16.5 × W. 17 × D. 18.4 cm (6 1/2 × 6 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.); Diam. of foot (lid): 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Geography: Possibly from     Upper Egypt, Thebes     
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Human Figures, term: Hieroglyphs