Canopic Shrine (Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt) JE 60686) : Detail of the top of the canopic shrine

Creator:

Tutankhamen, reigned ca. 1332-ca. 1323 BCE

Published/Created:

Cairo, Urban, Egypt
ca. 1332-1322 BCE

Date Depicted:

8/17/2003
8000 BC - 499 AD

Materials:

wood lined with stucco and gilded

Notes:

Those organs regarded as essential for survival in the afterlife (liver, lungs, stomach and intestines) were removed from the body and separately embalmed. During most of the pharaonic period they were deposited in sets of four vases, known as canopic jars. These were then stored in chests or shrines. From the New Kingdom, a new type of canopic chest appeared-- the chests no longer directly imitated coffins but were made in the shape of a square shrine with a sloping lid and cavetto-cornice. They were mounted on sledge-runners and in depictions of the funeral procession they are shown being dragged to the tomb by this means. Tutankhamun's shrine stands some six and a half feet tall and is covered with gold and inlaid glass and decorative work. Facing inward on each of the four sides are small statues of the goddesses Neith, Nephthys, Isis, and Selkis. (Carter numbers 266 and 266A)

Variant Titles:

Shrine for Canopic Jars

Period/Style:

18th Dynasty
New Kingdom

Culture:

Egyptian (ancient)

Accession Number:

7A3-EG-C-CM-2-C2

Genre:

decorative arts

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

death or burial; decorative arts; rulers and leaders; Egypt--Religion; Tutankhamen, King of Egypt carving ; construction built works; religious structures; shrines (structures)

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module One

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/17/2003

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10115839

PID:

digcoll:1836284