Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Hapy
Description
'Late Period, Saite?, 664–525 BC. Limestone, paint. H. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in); diam. 14 cm (5 1/2 in). Possibly from: Abydos, Northern Upper Egypt. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A limestone canopic jar with a human/possibly male-faced lid (mummiform head) painted with facial features.
The image shows a cylindrical canopic jar with a rounded shoulder and a separate lid shaped as a human head. The lid has painted eyes (dark outlines with lighter highlights), brows, and a painted face with a light skin tone. The head includes a broad, ribbed/headdress-like element around the sides and back, rendered as curved bands in relief. The jar body is largely unpainted aside from the lid’s facial painting; the surface appears worn and abraded, with visible speckling and discoloration consistent with age or cleaning. No legible hieroglyphic text is visible on the body or lid in this view. The object is photographed against a plain light background, allowing only form and painted details to be assessed.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252215 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.1b.1–.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543953 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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