Canopic jar lid
Date1306-30 BCE
MediumStone
ClassificationsContainers
Object number1935.52.63
DescriptionSimply carved grey stone head of a falcon with modelled beak and wig. Details of eyes, striped wig, lotus color drawn in black. Base carved as round plug to fit into canopic jar. Represents Qebhsenuef, guardian of intestines, a minor deity and one of 4 sons of Horus. Probably Egyptian alabaster, (calcite).On View
Not on viewCollections
550-750 A.D.
Egypt
c. 1890
