Canopic jar with falcon head (Qebehsenuef), Third Intermediate Period, ca. 800–650 BC, From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, cemetery 300, Ptolemaic vaulted tomb, Pit 1, 1912–13, Limestone, Jar: H. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); d. 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.); diam. of mouth 8 cm (3 1/8 in.); diam. of base 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); circ. 47 cm (18 1/2 in); Lid: H. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); diam. 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); diam. of foot 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); Jar with Lid: H. 35.5 cm (14 in.); diam. 14.7 cm (5 13/16 in.), This canopic is part of a set (--.4) found in a Ptolemaic cemetery at Thebes. Use of canopics had gone out of fashion at that period, however, so these are certainly reused. Their style suggests they were originally created in the late Third Intermediate Period
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Canopic jar, falcon head, Qebehsenuef, Third Intermediate Period, ca, 800–650 BC, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, cemetery 300, Ptolemaic vaulted tomb, Pit 1, 1912–13, Limestone, Jar, H, 25.5 cm, 10 1/16, d, 17.3, 6 13/16, diam, mouth 8, 3 1/8, base 10.5, 4, circ, 47, 18 1/2, Lid, 13, 5, 12.4 7/8, foot 6.5, 2 9/16, 35.5, 14, 14.7, canopic, part, set, 4, cemetery, canopics, gone out, fashion, period, certainly reused, style, originally created, late Third, Intermediate, Period
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