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Canopic chest
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Wood
Dimensions
Height x width: 37.3 x 23 cm (14 11/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
General Funds
Accession Number98.1128
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Canopics and canopic boxes
DescriptionWooden canopic box in the shape of a shrine with protruding base and cavetto cornice, gessoed and painted with red, blue, green, yellow and white. A mummiform falcon representing the funerary deity Sokar stands on top.
ProvenanceBy 1898: collection of W.T. Ready; 1898: purchased by the MFA from W. T. Ready through M.S. Prichard, October 21, 1898.
(Accession Date: October 21, 1898)
(Accession Date: October 21, 1898)