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Canopic Jar Inscribed for King Nesibanebdjedet (Smendes)

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Description

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, reign of Smendes, ca. 1070–1044 B.C. Travertine (Egyptian alabaster). H. 29 × Diam. 21.8 × D. 24.4 × Circ. 68.2 cm (11 7/16 × 8 9/16 × 9 5/8 × 26 7/8 in.); Diam. of rim: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); Diam. of base: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). Possibly from: Tanis (San el-Hagar), Eastern Delta. Subject: Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1947.

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 light-colored stone canopic jar fragment/portion with a rectangular inscription panel of closely packed hieroglyphs on the front.

The image shows a cylindrical-to-jar-shaped vessel made of a pale, fine-grained stone with a rounded shoulder and a slightly flared rim at the top. On the front, a rectangular border encloses rows of tightly written Egyptian hieroglyphs. The hieroglyphs appear incised or carved into the surface; the panel is centered and occupies much of the visible height. No clearly identifiable deity figures are shown, only the inscribed text. The stone surface shows wear and small losses, with visible cracking and a slightly abraded exterior. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No clear royal cartouche is confidently readable from this image quality/angle; individual signs are present but the full royal titulary cannot be confirmed.

funerary Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; inscription style suggests a carved funerary text but exact king name not fully legible) good
Materials pale stone (travertine/egyptian alabaster per catalogue)
Signs Multiple incised hieroglyphs in stacked rows within a rectangular border (exact individual sign identities unclear) ×60

Connections

Found at Tanis
Deities Qebehsenuef

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116423394 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 47.60 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553732 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.