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Canopic chest
Canopic chest

Canopic chest

Date1st century B.C.
Object number45.68
Provenance[Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Seattle Art Museum/ Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, August 22, 1945
Published ReferencesTeeter, Emily, Egyptian Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1988, no. 11, p. 20
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions17 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (44.5 x 21.6 x 15.6 cm)
MediumTempera on wood
Miniature Amulet:  Bes
Egyptian
Object number: 41.16
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.110
Amulet in the shape of boar's head and shoulders
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.111
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.112
Amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.113
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.114
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.115
Amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.119
Frog amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.120
Amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.121
Amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.122
Amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.123