Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy
Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy

Two Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jars and Two Egyptian Canopic Jar Lids of Hapy

SKU: MS.0074

Origin: Egypt
Circa: Third Intermediate - Late Period, c. 1069-332 BC
Dimensions: 23.7cm, 20cm, 11.5cm and 10.8cm high
Medium: Limestone

The jars of ovoid form with flattened rim and base, the shorter with a panel of four vertical bands of text in black on the front, naming the canopic deity, Duamutef, and asking for protection for the deceased, named Hor; the lids in the form of the baboon-headed god Hapy, one of marble and one of limestone, each with carved eyebrows and pronounced snout.

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Larger canopic jar: Private collection, UK. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 26 April 2001, lot 165. Smaller canopic jar: Louis Myers collection. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 30th April 1996, lot 253. Limestone lid: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 26 April 2001, lot 165. Marble lid: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired in the 1970s.

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