canopic chest;
canopic jar
- Museum number
- EA30838
- Description
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Wooden canopic chest of Gua of cubical shape with lid. Base supported on two wooden bars; interior divided at low level by wooden partitions into four compartments for jars. Exterior has blue painted border at edges of box and lid; sunk relief blue-painted hieroglyphic inscriptions on all external surfaces. Two crossing lines of text on lid; sides have horizontal line at the top and vertical line down the middle. Contained four calcite canopic jars with painted wooden stoppers, each in the form of a human headed deity. Pale beige faces with black details and blue-painted wigs; jars vary in shape from narrow to shouldered. Three retain remains of linen packages inside.
- Dimensions
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Height: 53 centimetres
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Width: 53 centimetres
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Depth: 55 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
PM IV: p.187;
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, pp. 81-3.
- Location
- On display (G63/dc4)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1986 Jun-Oct, Carmarthen Museum, A son of Luxor's Sands
1989 1 Nov-1990 31 Dec, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpar, National Museum of Malaysia, Treasures from the Graves
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1899
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA30838
- Registration number
- 1899,0708.165
