CANOPIC VASE WITH THE NAME OF IMENEMINET Egypt,... Lot 42

CANOPIC VASE WITH THE NAME OF IMENEMINET Egypt, New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 BC Alabaster and blue pigment Height 34.5 cm Provenance Former collection of Dr Jacques Laffilée, acquired from the Orient-Occident Gallery in the 1960s 1960s, then by descent This canopic vase is composed of a stopper with a falcon head representing one of the four sons of Horus of Horus - Qebeshenuef. As for the jar, it is decorated on its median part with a frame of four columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions deeply engraved and painted in blue. One can read: "Words of Nephthys: I stretch my arms around you assuring the protection of Hapy who is with you, the blessed one of Hapy, the Osiris, the chief of the doctors, Imenem (inet), just in voice. According to the text, the falcon-headed lid would not correspond to the ritual formula engraved . However, reversals of caps on canopic jars are not unusual. In this case, the text tells us that another son of Horus is invoked - Hapy, with the head of a baboon. Hapy was the protector of the lungs of the deceased and was in turn protected by Nephthys. The use of blue pigments inside the carved hieroglyphs is typical of the New Kingdom period and attests to the high The use of blue pigments inside the carved hieroglyphs is typical of the New Kingdom period and attests to the high rank of the deceased "wr-swnw", chief physician. A NEW-KINGDOM ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR OF IMENEMINET, 1550-1070 B.C. 131/2 in. High. This canopic jar presents a 4 columned-square with deep carved hieroglyphic inscription readings "Words spoken by Nephthys: "I extend my arms around you ensuring the protection of Hapy who is with you, the blessed with Hapy, the Osiris, the chief of the doctors, Imenem( inet), just in voice". The falcon-headed lid is here not matching with the engraved ritual formula, naming an other son of Horus, Hapy, with a baboon head. Hapy was the protector of the lungs of the deceased and was in turn protected by Nephthys. The use of blue pigment inside the carved hieroglyphs is typicla of the New-Kingdom period and attests the social highr ank of the deceased "wr-swnw", chief doctor.