Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54)
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), blue glass, obsidian, unidentified stone
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.
An ancient Egyptian canopic jar with a human-headed stopper.
The artifact is a canopic jar made of alabaster, featuring a finely carved human head as a stopper. The head is detailed, showing a wig typical of Egyptian funerary art. The smooth body of the jar is slightly tapered with a rounded base, typical of containers used to store the organs of the deceased during mummification.
funerary
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
alabaster
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