Digital Giza | Limestone canopic jar and lid

Limestone canopic jar and lid; complete, on bottom beginning of cylindrical tube boring. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:2

ID

HUMFA_27-6-3
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Tomb equipment-Canopics and canopic Boxes
Findspot

G 7530-7540: pit G 7530 A, debris on floor of chamber, lying separately
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

Height: lid: 2.8 cm; jar: 23.2 cm Diameter: lid: 11.2 cm, 13.9 cm; jar mouth: 14 cm; inside jar mouth: 10.9 - 12 cm; jar max: 20.3 cm; jar base: 13 cm Depth: jar: 20.1 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