Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Canopic Jar of Manuwai
Description
Limestone, blue paste
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 featuring hieroglyphic inscriptions.
The artifact is a canopic jar made from a pale stone, featuring a carved human head as the lid. On the body of the jar, there are several vertical columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions painted in blue, suggesting its use in funerary practices. The style is typical of canopic jars used in ancient Egypt to store internal organs during the mummification process. The craftsmanship is detailed, especially in the facial features of the head on the lid.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Signs
water ripple ×2
reed
seated man
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280057 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 18.8.9a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547052 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.
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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.