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accession number:	1921.1018.a
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Canopic Jar with Falcon's Head, 664–525 BC. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26. Travertine; diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); overall: 45.3 cm (17 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.1018.a

title:				Canopic Jar with Falcon's Head
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creation date:			664–525 BC
creation date earliest:		-664
creation date latest:		-525
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26
technique:	travertine
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Overall: 45.3 cm (17 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Untitled Exhibition
	opening date:   1973-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>Untitled Exhibition</i>. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-November 9, 1973).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Formerly in the collection of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk; Amherst Sale, lot 297. Purchased through Howard Carter
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fun fact:
The falcon-headed deity Qebehsenuef protected the contents of this canopic jar. It contained the remains of the deceased's intestines, which were kept safe for the afterlife.

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In the process of mummification, the liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were removed, separately embalmed, and stored in specialized jars known as canopic jars (after a sailor in Greek mythology, who died at the town of Canopus in the Nile Delta and was worshipped there in the form of a human-headed jar). Each organ was identified with one of four funerary deities collectively known as the Sons of Horus: the liver with Imsety (man's head), the lungs with Hapy (baboon's head), the stomach with Duamutef (jackal's head), and the intestines with Qebehsenuef (falcon's head). It was their duty to protect the deceased and restore to him his body parts in the hereafter.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 447; Mentioned: p. 447-448, cat. no. 347
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