Canopic lid of Qebehsenuef
- Accession Number
- EC388
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Mummification case
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Canopic jar, Lid
- Period
- Late Period
- Dynasty
- Twenty-sixth Dynasty
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Travertine (Egyptian alabaster))
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- Height: 93mm | Width: 124.8mm | Width: 153mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Animal
- Falcon/hawk
- Divine Name
- Qebehsenuef
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Licensing details
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please contact the Egypt Centre.
- Description
-
A canopic jar lid, depicting the head of falcon god Qebehsenuef with facial features highlighted in black paint. It dates to the Twenty-sixth Dynasty.
- Bibliography
-
Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 143]
- Wellcome Number
- A14407
- Auction Details
- An old Egyptian marble head of a bird, and a Nankin blue and white bottle
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 24 Oct 2021