Fragments of Canopic Jar(s) Belonging to Senimen ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom Fragments of several canopic jars, including a fragmentary human-headed lid, were uncovered during the Museum's excavations in the vicinity of Theban tomb (TT) no. 252, the tomb of a man named Senimen. A high official during the reign of Thutmose II and the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, Senimen was the steward and tutor of Princess Neferure, Thutmose II and Hatshepsut’s purpose of canopic jars in ancient Egypt was to hold and protect the viscera removed from the deceased’s body during the
Fragments of Canopic Jar(s) Belonging to Senimen ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom Fragments of several canopic jars, including a fragmentary human-headed lid, were uncovered during the Museum's excavations in the vicinity of Theban tomb (TT) no. 252, the tomb of a man named Senimen. A high official during the reign of Thutmose II and the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, Senimen was the steward and tutor of Princess Neferure, Thutmose II and Hatshepsut’s purpose of canopic jars in ancient Egypt was to hold and protect the viscera removed from the deceased’s body during the mummification process. They traditionally came in sets of four, as the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines were embalmed and stored individually. The four containers were usually put inside a chest and placed in the tomb ’s funerary equipment was found in pieces outside his tomb, and several fragments of his canopic equipment cannot be assigned with certainty to a particular jar. Each may join with one (or more) of the three jars that can be partially reconstituted (, and ), or may come from a fourth the latter case, they could then have contained the stomach of Senimen, traditionally protected by the goddess Neith and the Son of Horus Fragments of Canopic Jar(s) Belonging to Senimen. ca. 1479–1458 Pottery (Marl A4), paint. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senimen (TT 252), MMA excavations, 1935–36. Dynasty 18
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