Canopic jar lid in form of falcon head Maker: Unknown

1200–715 B.C.

Ancient Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Limestone

Dimensions

4 5/16 in. (11 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1920.26.23

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Late New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Mohammed Mohassib, Luxor, 1920. N.B. In Addition to the lids illustrated here, the Yale Art Gallery acquired one complete jar and fragments of the other three jars in this set. The jars have the group acc. no. 1920.26.22.
Bibliography
  • Gerry D. Scott, III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, 1st (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 117–18, no. 66A, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

lids

Subject

falcons (birds)

Signed

n.s.

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