30.8.125a, b

Canopic jar with a human-headed lid, 664–525 B.C.
Egyptian, Late Period, Saite
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster); Jar with Lid: H. 39 cm (15 3/8 in); diam. 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in) Jar: H. 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.); d. 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.); diam. at base 12 cm (4 3/4 in.); diam. at mouth 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.); circ. 67 cm (26 3/8 in.) Lid: H. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); w. 17 cm (6 11/16 in.); d. 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); diam. of foot 11/5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.125a, b)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/550886

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