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Canopic Jar with Baboon Head

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 41.89. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 41.89
Date: 7th century BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 700 BCE – 600 BCE
Materials: ['limestone, paint']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Canopic Jar with Baboon Head (41.89). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220919

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Description

<p>During mummification, the internal organs of the deceased were removed from the body and placed in a set of four special containers, the so-called canopic jars. The lids of the jars depicted the heads of a hawk, a human, a jackal, and a baboon, each associated with one of the four "Sons of Horus," the deities responsible for protecting the organs. Baboon-headed Hapi was responsible for the lungs.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/41.89' rel='external'>Canopic Jar with Baboon Head</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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 canopic jar in the form of a baboon-headed lid/jar, shown standing upright against a dark background.

The object is a vertically oriented canopic jar with a rounded, rectangular lid whose front is carved/painted to resemble a baboon face (muzzle and dark eye details). The jar body is light in color and decorated with a painted band of hieroglyphs wrapping around the top section beneath the lid. Additional black-painted figural or symbol-like elements appear on the upper front of the body, including a vertical column with a dark shape and a small staff/rod-like motif. The lower body is largely undecorated except for light wear/scuffs. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible; the inscriptions appear to be Egyptian hieroglyphs. The materials visible are consistent with stone (limestone) with painted surface remnants.

funerary unknown good

Materials limestonepaint

Signs Egyptian hieroglyphs (mixed signs, exact reading unclear) ×25

Connections

Deities Horus Hapi

Materials Limestone Paint

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 41.89 tier-2
Walters-id 36340 tier-2

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