Title
Canopic lid
Date
1550-332 BCE
Creator
Unknown (Egyptian)
Egyptian
Coverage
Style/Period: New Kingdom to Late Period
Discovery Site: Egypt
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
containers|religious and cult objects
Format
Materials/Techniques: Terracotta; handmade
Measurements: 11.1 cm tall, 11.9 cm in diameter at base
Description
Hollow, bell-shaped terracotta object. Flares out at bottom, with a rounded body and a narrower top. The top features incised eyes to either side of a beak, and lappets with incised decorations (the flaps of cloth that hung down over the shoulders as part of the pharaonic cloth headdress, or nemes).
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 979.7.20
Record: UO-MCA-979-7-20
Source
Cataloguer: Gabrielle Clark, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Thomas Wort, University of Ottawa; Madison Blunden, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2023
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee