Canopic Jar Lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Feb 1964
name: label: Collector
content: W. Partridge
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. William A. Burden
notes: label: Notes
content: Lid depicts human face.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Canopic jar lid, ceramic, c. 1550-1398 BC. Lids of canopic jars represented the four Sons of Horus. The human head of Imsety, protector of the liver, sits atop this lid.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Terra cotta. Human head. Carries small slip indicating it was purchased in Thebes."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: 253493
label: USNM Number
content: A439853-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Canopic Jar