Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel
Canopic Jar
Description
Caption: Canopic Jar, ca. 1980–1075 B.C.E.. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), frit, 15 1/2 × Diam. 8 in. (39.4 × 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1380Ea-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.
An ancient Egyptian canopic jar with a human-headed lid.
The artifact is a canopic jar made from alabaster, featuring a human-headed lid which is likely representative of one of the Four Sons of Horus. The body's surface is smooth and slightly weathered, showcasing inscriptions on the front. The style is characteristic of funeral practices in ancient Egypt, used to store organs.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
alabaster
Signs
N31
D21
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1380Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 117931 tier-2
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