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Canopic chest Ptolemaic or Roman Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. O.C.84a, b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: O.C.84a, b
Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Date: 304 B.C.–A.D. 364
Date range: 304 BCE – 364 CE
Materials: ['wood', 'gesso', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Canopic chest (O.C.84a, b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/51841

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Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 304 B.C.–A.D. 364. Wood, gesso, paint. H. 24.7 × W. 27.7 × D. 23.7 cm (9 3/4 × 10 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Museum Accession.

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Materials Wood Paint Gesso

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