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Canopic jar with a falcon-headed lid (Qebehsenuef)

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Description

Late Period, Saite, Dynasty 26, 664–525 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). Jar: H. 31.1 × D. 25.5 × Diam. 15.2 cm (12 1/4 × 10 1/16 in., 15.2 cm); Lid: H. 12.3 × W. 17.6 × D. 17.8 × Diam. 13.6 cm (4 13/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 × 5 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Falcons. Credit: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1910.

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.

Stone canopic jar with a rounded, hood-like lid shaped to resemble a falcon head.

The image shows a single Egyptian canopic jar standing upright against a neutral background. The lid is squat and rounded with a recessed, mask-like oval area on top and faint surface shaping that could correspond to a falcon-headed form, though detailed facial features are worn or smoothed. The body is cylindrical with a slightly tapered lower portion and includes a raised decorative molding near the base of the lid. The surface has mottled discoloration and age-related wear, with visible surface scratches and chips. No legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are clearly visible on the photographed face(s) of the jar. No modern text is visible.

funerary Late Period, Saite (as per catalogue; exact dating not independently verifiable from the image alone) good
Materials stone (likely travertine/egyptian alabaster as catalogued)

Connections

Deities Qebehsenuef

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116256045 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 10.178.2a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 550884 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.