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Carved stone canopic jar in the shape of the falcon-headed God. The head is decorated with black pigment around the beak, yellow around the eyes and blue adjacent the eyes. There are areas of smooth white on the lid that may be a polished surface, or a paint layer. There is blue pigment in the incised hieroglyphics on the front of the jar.
Canopic jar, inscribed for Sitamun, falcon head lid
Method of acquisition: Unknown by ?
Jar
Height 0.3 m
Lid And Lettering
Accession number: E.S.12
Primary reference Number: 64643
Oldadmincategory: S
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Canopic jar" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/64643 Accessed: 2024-11-24 22:19:12
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