Canopic Jar

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 Made of translucent stone, this beautiful canopic jar was meant to accompany a burial—and never to be seen again. “It seems to me that aesthetically this goes well beyond meeting the need of surviving into the afterlife,” says curator Janice Kamrin. http://met.org/V9qCyi

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Canopic Jar with a Lid in the Shape of a Royal Woman’s Head (detail) | ca. 1352–1336 B.C. | Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV 55, Davis/AyrtonSee More