Canopic jar of Ameny
Description
Canopic jar, Ameny. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12–13, ca. 1950–1750 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 37 × Dia. 24 cm (14 9/16 × 9 7/16 in.) Lid and body together H. 8.5 x Dia. 11 cm (3 3/8 x 4 5/16 in.) Lid. From: cemetery west of the tomb of Senwosret (758), debris 5 m west of enclosure wall, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1906–07. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1908.
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(MET-Object 544143).
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- MMA 08.200.3 PNM textLisht
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.
Photograph of a large Egyptian canopic jar with a human-shaped lid.
The image shows an Egyptian canopic jar standing upright against a neutral background. The jar body is ovoid with banded framing lines and a central area containing vertical column-like markings that resemble hieroglyphic decoration. The lid is rounded and carved as a stylized human head (face and wig/beard-like elements indicated), suggesting a sarcophagus-style protective lid for a canopic container. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The surface has wear, cracks, and patches suggesting aging or loss of pigment; fine details of the inscription are not fully legible in this view. The catalogue identifies it as a canopic jar of Ameny; the visible human-headed lid and canopic-jar form are consistent with a canopic container, but the specific name “Ameny” cannot be confirmed from the provided image due to insufficient legibility of the central inscription.
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Cross-references (5)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249484 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 08.200.3a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544143 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- PNM-Object pnm:83903806 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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.