Funerary equipment
canopic jar
base ø ~ 22.0cm
69.5cm
calcite
Calcite canopic jar with a lid in form of a human head. Nose and mouth are damaged. The vase is decorated with two inscriptions, one carved in line with the prenomen of Hatshepsut, second one contains three columns of text with dedication to Nephtys. Some traces of colours can be recognised on the lid.
Bought in 1955.
Museum object
Bibliography:
- Guarnori, Sandra, Les vases canopes du Musée dʼart et histoire de Genève, Musée dʼart et histoire de Genève 6, 1982, 20-22
- Maystre, Charles, Égypte Antique, Guides illustrés MAH 9, Genève 1969, Fig(s). 15
- Dodson, Aidan, Bull Cults, in: S. Ikram (ed.), Divine Cretaures, Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt, Cairo, New York 2005, 92, 104 n. 31
- Sollberger, Edmond, Falkner, Margarete, Brunner, Hellmut, Weidner, Ernst, Hannah, Andrew, Goossens, G., Höfner, Maria, Altorientalische Altertümer in Museen und Privatsammlungen, Archiv für Orientforschung 17, 1956, 410
- Maystre, Charles, La collection égyptienne s'enrichit, Musées de Genève , octobre 1955 1955, Fig(s). 5
- Musée d'art et d'histoire. Acquisitions de l'année 1955. A.- Collections archéologiques et historiques, Genava n.s. IV, 1956, 165