Canopic jar lid

Canopic jar lid
Wooden sculptured canopic jar lid with a human face from a Middle Kingdom burial at el-Riqqeh, near the 12th Dynasty Residence Itjtawy. Canopic jar lids of the Middle and early New Kingdoms have human head form, but later the human head was reserved for just one of the four sons of Horus, Amset.

Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number 1913:332
Dating 12TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site EL-RIQQEH
Category CANOPIC JAR LID
Material WOOD
Technique SCULPTURED
Height 12 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Depth 11 cm

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