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 ; 1kgProvenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly in High Wycombe Estate collection; formerly acquired on the UK Art market.