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Canopic jar

760–332 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 20 x 13.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1356
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)