Canopic Jar & Lid, Alabaster
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1936
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Henry S. Washington
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Hapi (baboon head), protector of the small intestines. Painted hieroglyphs around middle, mostly faded. Lid: 5-3/8" dia. x 6". Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Canopic Jar and Lid, alabaster, carved and painted, represents baboon god Hapi, Egyptian. Note re photos: Negative # 78-8778 is oblique, dk, overview, with jar lid on. 78-8779 is oblique, dk, overview, with jar lid off.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Canopic jar, c. 400-200 BC. Container held mummified organs needed for the deceased's immortal body. Baboon-headed Hapy crowns the jar for lungs.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 138216
label: USNM Number
content: A377361-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canopic Jar