THE CANOPIC BOX OF KHONSWMES AND THE TRANSITION FROM THE LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO THE SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

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Location: Egyptian Museum, Cairo CG 4732 Owner: Khonswmes (hnsw-ms) Titles: imy-r pr wr, high steward (W.A. Ward, Index, no. 141; S. QuiRKE, Titles and bureaux, p. 61) and htmtj-bjtj, sealbearer of the king (W.A. Ward, Index, no. 1472; S. QUIRKE, Administration, p. 61; S. QuiRKE, Regular titles, RdE 37, p. 123-124). On his titles, see also W. GRAJETZKI, Die hochsten Beamten, p. 102. Provenance: not recorded; probably Thebes (?) Dating: Second Intermediate Period, late 13th/early 17th dynasty1 Material: gessoed wood Measurement: H. 38 cm, L. 46 cm, W. 33 cm Bibliography: G.A. Reisner, Canopics. Catalogue general des Antiquites egyptiennes du Musee du Caire. Nos 4001-4740 and 4977-5033, Le Caire 1967, p. 364-365; B. LUSCHER, Untersuchungen zu dgyptischen Kanopenkasten. Vom Alten Reich bis zum Ende der Zweiten Zwischenzeit, HAB 31, Hildesheim 1990, p. 57,103.

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