Replica 'Canopic lid of Queen Kija', art casting
€540.00
Product number:
23905872595
Product information "Replica 'Canopic lid of Queen Kija', art casting"
The marvellously shaped canopic lid in the form of a woman's head with a broad collar was used to close a large jug. A total of four of these calcite canopic jars were made for the funeral of Queen Kija, a concubine of Akhenaten. For unknown reasons, they were reused in later years - with some details altered - for the burial of Semenchkare, so that the final resting place of this ruler in the Valley of the Kings can be named as the place of discovery. Original: Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, around 1340 BC, alabaster. Polymer ars mundi museum replica moulded by hand, height with base 27 cm.