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Canopic Jar of Ruiu

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 35.3.33a, b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 35.3.33a, b
Find spot: Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
Reign: reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1504–1447 B.C.
Date range: 1504 BCE – 1447 BCE
Materials: ['pottery', 'marl b', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Canopic Jar of Ruiu (35.3.33a, b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/35374

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Description

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, reign of Thutmose I–early sole Thutmose III, ca. 1504–1447 B.C. Pottery, Marl B, paint. Overall H. 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in). Lid: H. of lid 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.) Jar: H. 24 cm (24 cm (9 7/16 in.). From: Tomb of Neferkhawet (MMA 729), east chamber, Burial of Ruiu (IV), inside canopic box, Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1934–35. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1935.

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Linked by shared inventory number (MET-Object 546760). Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

MMA 35.3.33 PNM textAsasif

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.

A small painted Egyptian canopic jar with a rounded lid/top molded as a human head, and incised/painted hieroglyphs on the jar body.

The object is a ceramic canopic jar shape: a rounded, bulbous body with a fitted lid topped by a stylized human head. The lid/head has molded facial features, while the jar body is decorated with a vertical column(s) of hieroglyphic signs incised and/or painted in a darker color. No clearly legible cartouche or royal titulary is visible at this resolution. The surface shows age-related discoloration and wear consistent with an excavated ceramic piece. No separate Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.

funerary New Kingdom (as catalogued; inscriptions not legible enough to refine further) good

Materials potterymarl bpaint

Signs Incised/painted hieroglyphic grouping (multiple signs in vertical arrangement) ×30

Visible text "Unclear/illegible from the image; a vertical column of hieroglyphic signs is present on the jar body."

Connections

Found at Asasif

Deities Imsety

Materials Paint Pottery Marl B

Cross-references (5)

Wikidata-Q Q116280765 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 35.3.33a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 546760 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
PNM-Object pnm:83911697 tier-2 (inventory-match)

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