Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Canopic jar of Nephthys
Description
Indurated limestone, paint, linen
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.
The artifact is a canopic jar with a lid shaped like a human head, likely representing one of the Four Sons of Horus. It features a smooth, polished finish with detailed facial features painted on the lid. The jar is made of stone, possibly limestone or alabaster, and displays typical craftsmanship of funerary objects from ancient Egypt.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Horus
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281561 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.150.17b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546289 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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