ARTIC-EG
Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian) · vessel
Canopic Jar of Amenhotep
Description
One of a set of four jars that belonged to Amenhotep, who oversaw architectural projects in the temple of Amun at Karnak (in present-day Luxor). Now empty, the jars once held Amenhotep’s liver, lungs, intestines, and stomach, which were removed during the mummification process. Each jar has a hand-sculpted stopper that may represent its owner or one of the four sons of Horus, a set of gods associated with these vital organs. An inscription in hieroglyphs on each container promises divine protection over its contents by a different goddess: Selket, Neith, Nephthys, or Isis.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Painted ceramic canopic jar with a human-headed lid and faded painted hieroglyphic inscriptions on the body.
The image shows a tall, cream-colored ceramic canopic jar with a rounded body and a separate domed lid. The lid is painted with a stylized male human face (golden/yellow skin tones, dark eyebrows and hair/forelock, and a defined mouth), suggesting a protective/ancestral or deity-like head. The jar’s upper body and midsection bear faded red-brown and darker painted vertical and horizontal hieroglyphic signs; individual signs are too unclear to confidently transcribe. No clear cartouche or full royal name is readable. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The overall surface is worn with pigment loss and abrasions, consistent with an aged painted ceramic artifact.
funerary
unknown
poor
Deities
unknown
Royals
Amenhotep (not clearly readable from the image)
Materials
ceramicpigment (paint)
Signs
hieroglyphic signs (unreadable due to fading) ×30
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
Words spoken by Nephthys: “I place my arms on that which is in me, I protect the Qebehsenuef which is in me [of] the Overseer of the Builders of Amun, Amenhotep, revered by Qebehsenuef.”
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 120266 tier-2
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