Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head (30.8.54), result 1 of 1

Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman's Head (30.8.54)

Canopic Jar Lid to the jar 07.226.1 of Kiya, secondary queen of Akhenaten

ca. 1349-1336 B.C. or shortly thereafter

From, Egypt

Tomb KV 55, Valley of the Kings, Upper Egypt, Thebes

Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), blue glass, obsidian, unidentified stone

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dynasty 18

reign of Akhenaten

Jar with lid: H. 53.2 cm (20 15/16 in.); Lid (30.8.54): H. 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in); diam. 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in); Jar only (07.226.1): H. 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.); diam. 24 cm (9 7/16 in.)_x000D_;

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1907 (07.226.1), Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.54)

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