Digital Giza | Limestone canopic jar and lid

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 7442 (formerly G 7440 Z), G 7247, G 7530-7540

Limestone canopic jar and lid; complete, mouth and sides damaged. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

ID

HUMFA_27-6-1
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Vessels
Findspot

G 7530-7540: pit G 7530 A, debris of canopic pit (jar found in canopic pit, lid found in debris of chamber near sarcophagus)
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: lid: 2 cm; jar: 24.8 cm Diameter: lid base: 10.1 cm; lid top: 12 cm; jar mouth: 10 - 12.7 cm; jar max: 15 cm; jar base: 9.5 cm x 10 cm Thickness: jar: 1.5 cm Depth: jar: 21.5 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

MFA accession number: 27.1551.1-4
Date of Register Entry

06/05/1927
Remarks

MFA 27.1551.1-4 (four canopic jars and lids): 26-6-1 = jar .1, 27-6-2 = jar .2, 27-6-3 = jar .3, 27-6-4 = jar .4
Problems/Questions

MFA accession number verified

Dunham, Dows, and William Kelly Simpson. The Mastaba of Queen Mersyankh III (G 7530-7540). Giza Mastabas 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, p. 23, fig. 16a.

Limestone canopic jar and lid