A set of four Egyptian limestone canopic jars Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1939-1760 B.C. Each jar with a cylindrical body with rounded shoulders and flat base, the lids finely sculpted in human-headed form, with exaggerated large ears, each jar and face painted yellow, the wigs in blue, and the eyes with remains of black paint, each jar with four vertical lines of hieroglyphs containing the standard address to Nephthys, Isis, Neith and Selket to protect the relevant embalmed organs within, and identifying the deceased as a man named Keki, the interior of the vessels hollowed, 38cm high each max.
A set of four Egyptian limestone canopic jars Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, circa 1939-1760 B.C. Each jar with a cylindrical body with rounded shoulders and flat base, the lids finely sculpted in human-headed form, with exaggerated large ears, each jar and face painted yellow, the wigs in blue, and the eyes with remains of black paint, each jar with four vertical lines of hieroglyphs containing the standard address to Nephthys, Isis, Neith and Selket to protect the relevant embalmed organs within, and identifying the deceased as a man named Keki, the interior of the vessels hollowed, 38cm high each max.
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