Reproduction
canopic jars
Beschreibung
Red burnished pottery canopic jar with arms holding ankh and waz in low relief either side of hieroglyphic inscription for WAH-KA. Pot and lid both cracked and reparied - pot with plaster which has swollen and damaged pot - lid part missing.
Qau
Tomb of Wahka. Purchased by Petrie in Cairo
Documentation
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Antaeopolis, The Tombs of Qau, p.10 and 23. Pl. XIII,6 (lid)
- Raisman, Vivien, Canopic Equipment in the Petrie Collection
12th Dynasty
Material
Format
height: 29 cms
lid width: 36.5 cms
Purchased by Petrie in Cairo
Inventarnummer
LDUCE-UC16125
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology