Canopic Jar: Did you mean...?

Etruscan terracotta canopic urn with a female head and articulated arms, from Chiusi (Italy), around 550-500 BCE. (Louvre Lens, France)

Calcite canopic jars of Neskhons (21st Dynasty) with painted wooden lids representing the Four Sons of Horus.

Canopic chest of Neby (dating from 18th Dynasty, found in Thebes, Egypt). The painted sides bear hieroglyphic text and representations of Neith, Serket, Isis, Nephthys, and Sons of Horus.

Serket (also known as Serqet, Selkis, and Selket) is an Egyptian goddess of protection associated with the scorpion. She was worshipped widely in Lower Egypt as a great Mother Goddess in the Predynastic Period (c. 6000- c. 3150 BCE) and so...

Large jar built up with coils of clay and then trimmed upside down on the wheel. Its base is tapered making the form similar to a plumb-bob when hanged by the handles. This type of jar was commonly associated with administrative and trade...

This pottery jar was a storage vessel for funerary offerings and is thought to have once held some type of beef broth. On its surface, a beautiful floral pattern is painted. The jar was found in a Ptolemaic era tomb near Thebes, Egypt. The...

Two officials certified the contents of the jar that was sealed with this stopper. Impressions of fingers and a thumb are visible on the top. The stopper is displayed here on a similar jar dating from about the same period. Jemdet Nasr period...

Alabastron (pl. alabastra) - a small jar for storing perfumes, named after the material (alabaster) the first examples were made from. They were often carried by a string looped around the neck of the vessel. Amphora (pl. amphorae) - one...

This painted jar dates back to the Jemdet Nasr period, 3100-2900 BCE. The jar displays geometric grey and red motifs. (The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq).

This is a cylinder pottery jar (Type 50 B, pinkware). The name of King KA (and contents) was brushed on the jar using a black ink. King KA ruled just before the 1st Dynasty in Egypt. In general, few vessels from this period bore the name...