Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar of PEDIHORMEDNU

Origin: EgyptCirca: Late Period, 26th Dynasty, c. 664 - 525 BCDimensions: 13" Height x 11" Height excl. lids x 6.9" Weight (33cms x 28cms x 17.5cms) Medium: Alabaster This exceptional canopic jar of broad-shouldered ovoid form, features four columns of incised inscription which include the owner’s name and that of the falcon-headed Son of Horus Qebehusenuef, protector of the intestines. The lid is in the form of the baboon- headed Hapy which does not belong to the jar but probably comes from the same original set. The head is finely modeled with incised details of Hapy’s mouth and nose.