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Canopic Jar and Lid with Human Head

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Canopic Jar and Lid with Human Head
Date1550–1069 BC
MediumTerracotta, pigment, and bitumen
DimensionsOverall (.A, Jar): 8 1/4 × 5 in. diameter (21 × 12.7 cm)
Overall (.B, Lid): 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. diameter (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.55.A,.B
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Provenance[Mohareb Todrous, Luxor, Egypt]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

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