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Canopic jar with flat lid

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Canopic jar with flat lid, from a Middle Kingdom burial at el-Riqqeh, near the 12th Dynasty Residence Itjtawy. The lid is flat, in a style known from the Old Kingdom, and retained in some elite burials in the Middle Kingdom, such as this.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1913:288

Dating

12TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

EL-RIQQEH

Category

CANOPIC JAR

Material

CALCITE/ALABASTER

Technique

SCULPTURED; POLISHED

Height

30 cm

Diameter

19.5 cm

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