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Limestone canopic jar and lid

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza

Limestone canopic jar, with lid.

Details

  • ID
    GEM_32240
  • Department
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Canopics and canopic Boxes
  • Findspot
    Giza
  • Material
    Limestone
  • Dimensions
    H (with lid) 29.5 x 15.0 cm
  • Credit Line
    Grand Egyptian Museum
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_53157a
  • Journal d'Entree number
    EMC_JE_53157b
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_2/159
  • Hermann Junker excavation number
    HJ_exc_360/28
  • Period
    Old Kingdom
  • Excavator
    Hermann Junker, German, 1877–1962
  • Notes
    From excavations of Hermann Junker, 1928-1929.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): Vienna Academy of Science; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): EMC_JE_53157a-b; EMC_SR_2.159; HJ_exc_360/28

People 1

Modern People

  • Hermann Junker

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates German, 1877–1962
    • Remarks Egyptologist, Director of German-Austrian expedition to Giza, 1911–1929. Published 12 volumes of final excavation reports from Giza expedition. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.