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Canopic Jar, Qebehsenuef

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 28.3.115a. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 28.3.115a
Find spot: el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–30
Date: ca. 712–332 B.C.
Date range: 712 BCE – 332 BCE
Materials: ['faience']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Canopic Jar, Qebehsenuef (28.3.115a). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/209913

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Description

Late Period, Dynasty 25–30, ca. 712–332 B.C. Faience. H. 22.7 × Diam. 12.6 × D. 21.2 cm (8 15/16 × 4 15/16 × 8 3/8 in.); Diam. of base: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). From: Tomb MMA 832 (H 3), Courtyard, el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1928.

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 turquoise-blue faience canopic jar with black painted/etched decoration, showing a stylized figure-like or hieroglyphic band on the front and a curved rim at the top.

The image shows a single ceramic/faience canopic jar photographed against a plain light background. The jar body is cylindrical with rounded shoulders and a slightly flaring rim/neck. The surface is predominantly turquoise blue with visible wear, cracking, and losses revealing lighter/grayish underlayer. On the front there is a dark (black) rectangular or framed panel containing linear and figure-like marks consistent with hieroglyphic/inscription or protective iconography; adjacent areas show patchy faded blue and some darker outlines. No separate lid/cap is clearly visible in this view. There is no legible cartouche; any internal symbols are not fully readable at this resolution. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

funerary Late Period (per catalogue) / uncertain from image alone poor

Materials turquoise-blue faience glaze (primary surface)dark pigment/paint on the body (black)

Signs Unidentified dark painted hieroglyphic/inscription signs within a framed panel ×20

Connections

Found at el-Khokha

Deities Osiris Qebehsenuef

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116246954 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 28.3.115a tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 552595 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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