canopic jars

Wheel-made Red ware pottery canopic jar painted black with 4 line hieroglyphic inscription in white - much worn off. Pot salt - 4 sherds broken from rim. Inscription ends 'marshal of the prince's table, BEB'.

provenance?

- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Funeral Furniture of Egypt; Stone and Metal Vases, p. 27, no. 627
- Raisman, Vivien, Canopic Equipment in the Petrie Collection

6th Dynasty

Provenance?

LDUCE-UC16411

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology