Canopic Jar with Cover
sculptor
Unknown
Date1570 BCE - 1085 BCE
Place MadeEgypt, Ancient & Byzantine World-Africa
MediumAlabaster
Dimensions35 cm (13 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsFunerary Containers
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS15w7.a-b
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryCanopic jars preserved the internal organs of the deceased in ancient Egypt. Embalming the dead was an important part of Egyptian death rituals and ensured passage of the spirit into the afterlife. Isabella Stewart Gardner’s friend Joseph Lindon Smith, an artist who documented murals excavated at archaeological sites in Egypt for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, helped her to acquire this jar in 1913.
Id726565
Last Updated8/14/24
EmbARK ObjectID15745
Original NumberS15w7
Source ID4277
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