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Canopic Jar (with lid 30.8.54)

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Description

Canopic Jar, Kiya (lid: 30.8.54). New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1349–1336 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). Jar only: H. 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.); Diam. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.) Jar with lid: H. 53.2 cm (20 15/16 in.). From: Tomb KV 55, Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1907.

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 light-colored stone canopic jar lid and upper body fragment photographed against a dark background.

The image shows a tall, rounded-top stone vessel with a slightly tapered lower section and visible surface wear. The object is monochrome and appears carved from a pale, compact stone. The lid and body join are suggested by the shape change near the mid-to-lower portion, though fine details and any cartouches or iconography are too worn/blurred to identify confidently. Faint, shallow marks that could be erosion or incomplete inscriptions are visible, but no clear hieroglyphic signs, deities, or royal names can be read from the photograph. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible.

funerary New Kingdom, Amarna Period (per catalogue; image details too unclear to independently confirm) poor
Materials pale stone (travertine/egyptian alabaster per catalogue)

Connections

Found at Valley of the Kings

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247537 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 07.226.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544688 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.
  • 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.