Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Qebehsenuef
Description
Late Period, Saite?, 664–525 BC. Limestone, paint. H. 26.5 cm (10 7/16 in); Diam. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 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 painted limestone canopic jar fragment/image with a human-headed lid, showing a face with applied/painted features and rounded ears.
The object is a small, upright canopic jar form carved from light-colored limestone. The lid is topped by a stylized human head/bust: the face has darkly painted features including eyebrows/eye areas, and small circular openings or markings near the forehead/temples. The mouth area is indicated with darker pigment. Rounded ears are visible on both sides of the head, and a band-like transition separates the head from the jar body. The jar body is smooth and mostly unpainted except for faint traces of pigment. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are legible in this image. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252214 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.1c.1–.2 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543954 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.