Canopic jar of Ameny
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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.
This image depicts an ancient Egyptian canopic jar, used to store the viscera of the deceased during the mummification process. The jar is topped with a carved lid that represents a human head, likely symbolizing one of the Four Sons of Horus. The body of the jar is made of a light-colored stone, possibly limestone or alabaster, and shows signs of wear and age-related discoloration. The craftsmanship is typical of funerary art, with notable features including the detailed facial carving and smooth finish of the stone.
Cross-references (4)
- 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)
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.