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Limestone canopic jar

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1029

Limestone canopic jar; broken, unpolished.

Details

  • ID
    HM_6-19818
  • Department
    Hearst Museum, Berkeley
  • Classification
    Vessels
  • Findspot
    Pit G 1029 A, burial chamber
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    29 x 16 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/16 in)
  • Credit Line
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Date of Register Entry
    1903–1904
  • Object owned by
    Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
  • Remarks
    Four limestone canopic jars and lids accessioned as Hearst Museum, Berkeley 6-19753, 6-19754, 6-19783a,b, 6-19788, 6-19818, 6-19819.

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 1029

    • Site Name Western Cemetery

Published Documents 1

Full Bibliography

  • Simpson, William Kelly. Mastabas of the Western Cemetery, Part 1: Sekhemka (G 1029); Tjetu I (G 2001); Iasen (G 2196); Penmeru (G 2197); Hagy, Nefertjentet, and Herunefer (G 2352/53); Djaty, Tjetu II, and Nimesti (G 2337X, 2343, 2366). Giza Mastabas 4. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1980, p. 5, pl. Xa, fig. 8.

Institutions 1