Late Period, Ca. 664-332 BC A canopic jar of a cylindrical, flat-bottomed form, hand-carved from calcite-alabaster. The vessel body has a lightly swelled shoulder, a deep interior cavity and smooth exterior surfaces, adorned with a layer of orange-brown pigment. The lid is sculpted without a head of one of the Four Sons of Horus, but with a protruding notule. The bottom of the lid bears a squat tenon to secure it atop the body, as well as to seal the mummy's internal organs stored within.For further reading see:Aston 1994. D. A. Aston. The shabti box: a typological study. Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden 74 (1994) 21-54. Size: L:270mm / W:140mm ; 1kg Provenance: Property of a London gallery; formely in High Wycombe Estate collection; formerly acquired on the UK Art market.