Statue Fragment (uncertain)

Canopic Jar Lid (uncertain)

29-75-441

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 29-75-441
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus South Portal Strip 100E
Period New Kingdom | Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made 1292-1190 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Calcite
Technique Inlaid
Iconography Male Head | Youth
Description

Calcite head of a youth which may have served as the lid of a canopic jar. The figure has a sidelock of youth and almond shaped eyes which were originally inlaid, but are now lost.

Height 12.7 cm
Width 15.2 cm
Depth 12.7 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920
Other Number M2664 - Field No SF

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