Canopic Jar with an Image Representing the Hieroglyph for Face
The lid of this canopic jar is decorated with a human face styled after the traditional form of the hieroglyph "hr," the word for face in ancient Egyptian.
Credit: Purchase, Gift of Henry Walters, by exchange, 2008
c. 1550-1450 B.C.
Pottery, paint
12.8in
2008.32a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020
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