Canopic Jar & Lid, Alabaster
Object Details
- Accession Date
- 3 Mar 1936
- Donor Name
- Dr. Henry S. Washington
- Notes
- From card: "Hapi (baboon head), protector of the small intestines. Painted hieroglyphs around middle, mostly faded. Lid: 5-3/8" dia. x 6". Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Canopic Jar and Lid, alabaster, carved and painted, represents baboon god Hapi, Egyptian. Note re photos: Negative # 78-8778 is oblique, dk, overview, with jar lid on. 78-8779 is oblique, dk, overview, with jar lid off.
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Canopic jar, c. 400-200 BC. Container held mummified organs needed for the deceased's immortal body. Baboon-headed Hapy crowns the jar for lungs.
- Record Last Modified
- 1 Sep 2020
- Specimen Count
- 2
- Place
- Egypt, Africa
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
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- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Number
- 138216
- USNM Number
- A377361-0
- Object Type
- Canopic Jar
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8120536
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