© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Dummy Canopic Jar

AAT Object Form/Functionheads (representations)

AAT Object Techniquepainting (coating)

AAT Object Form/Functioncanopic jars

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodThird Intermediate Period

Date1076-723 BCE

MediumLimestone, pigment

Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art

Dimensions9 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. (24.8 x 11.7 cm)

Object number1999.001.027

Label TextA version of the simulated canopic jars of the Third Intermediate Period, this example could not even open, as the lid and the base are joined and carved from a single piece of stone. This jar is topped by a human-headed lid, representing the god Imsety, who protected the liver. Traces of the original black pigment that detailed the eyes and facial features can still be seen.
Exhibition HistoryHuntington Musuem of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, January 1, 2003 - January 31, 2005
Napoleon in Egypt, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, January 13 - March 26, 2006
Shadow of the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt and Its Influence, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, June 17 - November 25, 2012
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 44.

ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.

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