Canopic jar of general Padihoremheb (b)

Classification

Canopic jar ; tomb equipment

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height of the jar: 41.6 cm; max. circumference 84 cm; heith of the lid: 10.5 cm

Date

26th dynasty (7th–6th century B.C.)

Period

26th (Saite) dynasty (664–525)

Material

alabaster

Iconography

false beard ; Imsety

Inscription

hieroglyphs ; Classical Egyptian

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Saqqara?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum ; Prokesch-Osten, Anton, gift of

Inventory

51.2106/1-2

ID

Hyp-2991

References

Nagy, I., Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 102–103; Nagy, I., Egyptian Collection, 104–105; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 108; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 114