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canopic jar

jar in which the organs of a mummy are kept
Class type of: funerary urn, archaeological artefact, container Q332285

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
funerary urn, archaeological artefact, container, vessel
Contains
human organ[13]
Culture
Ancient Egypt[12]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11]
Made from material
alabaster, ceramic, stone, wood, faience[6][7][8][9][10]
Named after
Canopus[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en canopic vessel en canopic urn en canopic jar ar أوان كنوبية ar الجرة الكنوبية ar جرة كنوبية ar أواني كانوبية ar الأواني الكانوبية ar الاواني الكانوبية cs Kanop cs Kanopa de Kanopenvase de Kanopen de Kanopenkrug de Kanope el Κανωπικό αγγείο es Vasos canopos es Vaso canope es vaso canopo fa کوزه کانوپی
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85019771
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Canopic jar, Egypt Wellcome L0058462.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300198901
BNCF Thesaurus ID
29998
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12004040n
Dewey Decimal Classification
732.8
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/canopic-jar
FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID
97315
Freebase ID
/m/01j6np
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2042017
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kanopa-152b98
Grove Art Online ID
T013717
Show all 25 identifiers +13
Lex ID
kanope
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2781379532
Museum-digital tag ID
34344
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007283201605171
Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging
12997
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3919913
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095546573
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtwqOtuijtQu
Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID
Canopic+Jar, Canopic+Urn, CANOPIC+VESSEL
Quora topic ID
Canopic-Jar
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
3PGC2ASLQJH6NDQ3XI5ETTYOPU
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Concept", "CanopicJar::7s97j"]
Yale LUX ID
concept/9ff3acae-0a8e-4587-a6cf-1795fc4bf07a

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🔗 Connections
Made from material 5
wood, ceramic, stone, alabaster, faience
← Domain of saint or deity 4
Imsety, Duamutef, Qebehsenuef, Hapy (Son of Horus)
Subclass of 3
archaeological artefact, container, funerary urn
Culture 1
Ancient Egypt
Named after 1
Canopus
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Summary

canopic jar is a type of funerary urn[1], archaeological artefact[2], container[3], and vessel[4].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Online PWN Encyclopedia ID → 3919913
    Subclass of → funerary urn, archaeological artefact, container +1
    Made from material → alabaster, ceramic, stone +2
    Named after → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007283201605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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