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1884.57.15

Stone cover of canopic jar, head of Amset.

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1884.57.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone cover of canopic jar, head of Amset.
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Unknown
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Carved
Dimensions
Height: max 90 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.57.15 PR Cat other PR nos: 2680
Research and responses

Note the discrepancy in case numbers at Bethnal Green/ South Kensington [14 or 64][AP 15.6.2000]

Note that the descriptions of the object in the accession and blue books and the delivery catalogue do not seem to agree [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998] Canopic jar in ancient Egyptian funerary ritual, covered vessel of wood, stone, pottery, or faience in which was buried the embalmed viscera removed from a body during the process of mummification [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 10/5/2000]

Search terms: Religion, Death, Figure, Vessel, Lid, Grave Good