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Canopic jar lid
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 12–early Dynasty 13
1820–1740 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Indurated limestone
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 16.5 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds from the Egyptian Curator's Fund, anonymous gifts, and donated by Janet Maffei, Jonathan and Judy Keyes, Paul Chapman, Philippa D. Shaplin, Zareen Taj Mirza, David and Linda DiCecco, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Butts, Jr.
Accession Number2008.640
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionCanopic jar lid with a face bearing features of a late 12th or early 13th Dynasty ruler.
ProvenanceLate 1940s, said to have been purchased in Paris, probably at Hôtel Drouot, by a private collector [see note]; passed by descent to his widow, Palm Beach, FL; December 6, 2006, anonymous (consigned by a Palm Beach private collection) sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 66, to Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London; 2008, sold by Rupert Wace Ancient Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 17, 2008)
NOTE: According to information in the 2006 Sotheby's catalogue.
NOTE: According to information in the 2006 Sotheby's catalogue.