Title: Canopic Chest of Senbi
Object type: Canopic chest, Senbi
Date: ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: Senwosret I to Senwosret II
Medium: Wood (ziziphus sp.), paint, string
Dimensions: Chest with lid: H. 58.5 × W. 59.2 × D. 59 cm (23 1/16 × 23 5/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Inner lid: W. 50 × D. 51.2 cm (19 11/16 × 20 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Geography: From    Egypt Middle Egypt Meir Tomb B3 of the nomarch Senbi II pit 1 (steward Senbi) Khashaba excavations, 1910–11 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hieroglyphs