Canopic chest of Hapiankhtifi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The canopic box of the steward Hapyankhtifi was found in a pit tomb at Meir along with his three coffins (12.183.11a–c). The box has four inner compartments that is covered by an inner lid. It is decorated in a style similar to his rectangular inner coffin (11.183.11b). A so-called kheker frieze is depicted at the top of the box, and a gilded eye panel adorns one side. The inscriptions include offering rituals from the coffin texts as well as recitations by the four sons of Horus and the four associated protective goddesses: Isis, Nephthys, Neith, and Selket. The outside lid is decorated with stars.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art