Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Hapy

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Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A limestone canopic jar with a zoomorphic lid featuring the head of a baboon, characteristic of the deity Hapy, used for storing mummified organs.

This is a canopic jar with a cylindrical body and a distinctive zoomorphic lid. The lid is carved in the form of a baboon head, recognizable by its characteristic facial features including prominent ears, elongated muzzle, and naturalistic facial coloring with pigment still visible on the face. The baboon head rests on a rectangular support piece that sits atop the cylindrical jar body. The limestone exhibits the warm cream-tan coloration typical of Egyptian limestone artifacts from the Nile Valley. The entire piece shows evidence of age and wear consistent with funerary objects from the Late Period. The baboon form is iconographically consistent with Hapy, the god associated with the Nile inundation and one of the four sons of Horus, whose canopic jar traditionally protected the intestines in mummified remains.