Sujet
Ancient Egyptian canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a royal woman's head, c1344-1336 BC. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Ancient Egyptian canopic jar with a lid in the shape of a royal woman's head, c1352-1336 BC. It is thought that the woman portrayed on the lid of this jar is Kiya, the secondary queen of the pharaoh Akhenaten. Canopic jars were used by the Ancient Egyptians to store a deceased person's internal organs after they were removed from the body prior to its mummification. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Date
1344 av. J.-C.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B98_120
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (2,1Mo) / 28,5cm x 44,2cm / 3363 x 5220 (300dpi)