Title: Canopic jar with jackal head
Object type: Canopic jar, Pakherenkhonsu, jackal headed
Date: ca. 750–700 B.C.
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25 (Kushite)
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. (with lid) 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.); Greatest diam. 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1928
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes el-Khokha Tomb MMA 832 (H 3) Pit 1 (Burial of Pakherenkhonsu and Heresenes) MMA excavations, 1914–15 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals