Maiherpri’s Canopic Chest (CG24005) and Jars (CG.24006) from the Cairo Museum, A Full Publication

     The Canopic equipment of Maiherpri is among the few examples that were not only discovered almost intact[i]   from the private burials of the New Kingdom, but are in fact considered a perfect example from the upper social class. Moreover, their shape, inscriptions and decorations are complementary to the mid- Eighteenth Dynasty, thus   revealing some of the mysteries around the dating of Maiherpri’s life time which is still considered unknown.   This article will thoroughly study his Canopic equipment, which in fact was not fully published since 1902[ii] , their inscriptions and decorations, aiming to shed light upon his social status and the identity of his ruling king, through the comparison between them and the most similar ones of their era. [i] The thin rope that sealed the chest is still attached to the upper knob on the lid. See G.  DARESSY, Catalogue Général des Antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 24001-24990 Fouilles de la Vallée des Rois (1898-1899), (Cairo, 1902), 8. [ii] G.  DARESSY, Catalogue Général des Antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 24001-24990 Fouilles de la Vallée des Rois (1898-1899), (Cairo, 1902), 8-12.