Canopic Jar
Description
Caption: Canopic Jar, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 4 5/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/16 in. (10.9 x 12 x 10.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1896Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
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 canopic jar with a lid featuring a falcon head depiction.
The artifact is a canopic jar made from stone, featuring a falcon head on its lid, likely representing the deity Qebehsenuef, one of the Four Sons of Horus. The jar is undecorated, except for the painted motif around the neck. The craftsmanship suggests it was designed for funerary purposes, holding internal organs for the afterlife. The jar's surface is smooth with minor wear, indicating aging.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1896Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 118401 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.