The canopic jar is carved from warm, honey-coloured alabaster (travertine). It’s a gently translucent surface, characteristic of the material so highly prized for funerary vessels. The body is smoothly turned, rising in a subtle taper from a rounded shoulder to a slightly flared rim, the entire form conceived with a quiet restraint that suits its ritual purpose. Atop the vessel is a lid sculpted in the form of a baboon’s head, identifying the jar as dedicated to Hapy, one of the Four Sons of Horus. These deities served as the supernatural guardians of the internal organs removed from the body during mummification, each one entrusted with the protection of a specific organ.