ALABSTER LID OF A CANOPIC JAR

ALABSTER LID OF A CANOPIC JAR

The lid in the form of the human-headed Son of Horus, Imseti, wearing atripartite wig, decorated with a frontal fillet adorned with an uraeus; all facial features and ears carved in shallow relief.

Ex priv. coll. J.J.M., Netherlands 1950-1992, inherited by H.W.S. Netherlands 2000
Dim. 13,5 x 11,5 cm. Intact

New Kingdom, 20th dyn., c. 1237-1070 BC