canopic jars

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

- 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

Purchased by Petrie in Cairo

LDUCE-UC16125

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology