Canopic Jar of Lady Senebtisi
Description
Object Label: Priests separately mummified the stomach, liver, lungs, and intestines, to be placed in jars, in the most expensive method of mummification described by Herodotus. The practice of removing the organs and packing them separately declined in the Middle Kingdom and later, yet Egyptians still included canopic jars in burials. And while the covers of Middle Kingdom canopic jars all have human heads, by the New Kingdom the jars of the royal scribe of Ramesses II, named Tjuli, had human, baboon, jackal, and falcon heads. Caption: Canopic Jar of Lady Senebtisi, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 10 1/2 x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm) 15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 14.664a-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.
Canopic jar with a human-headed lid depicting an ancient Egyptian face.
This artifact is a canopic jar featuring a lid shaped like a human head, likely representing one of the Four Sons of Horus. The jar is made of a smooth, brown ceramic material. The body of the jar is inscribed with hieroglyphs organized in a grid pattern. The style suggests an emphasis on funerary practices as the jar would be used to store and protect the viscera of the deceased as part of the mummification process.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 14.664a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 3120 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.
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