Canopic Jar and Cover of Lady Senebtisi
ca. 1938-1759 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Priests separately mummified the stomach, liver, lungs, and intestines, to be placed in jars, in the most expensive method of mummification described by Herodotus. The practice of removing the organs and packing them separately declined in the Middle Kingdom and later, yet Egyptians still included canopic jars in burials. And while the covers of Middle Kingdom canopic jars all have human heads, by the New Kingdom the jars of the royal scribe of Ramesses II, named Tjuli, had human, baboon, jackal, and falcon heads.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessel
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone, pigment
- Locations
- Place excavated: Harageh, Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 12
- Period
- Middle Kingdom
- Dimensions
- 15 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (39.4 x 21.6 cm) 15 9/16 in. (39.5 cm)
- Accession Number
- 14.662a-b
- Credit Line
- Museum Collection Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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