Canopic Jar with Human Head Lid

Arts of Africa

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985–1773 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Canopic Jar with Human Head Lid
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1985 BCE–1773 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: a (jar): 24.7 × 17.3 × 17.7 cm (9 ¾ × 7 × 7 in) b (lid): 10.1 × 12 × 11.4 cm (4 × 4 ¾ × 4 1/5 in)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Robert H. Fleming, Norman W. Harris, and Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1894.361a-b
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 20.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris.

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