Lid

A lid or cover is part of a container, and serves as the closure or seal, usually one that completely closes the object.

They can be made of varying materials ranging from plastic to metal.

Ancient Egyptian canopic jars with lids held the organs of mummified bodies as early as 2686 BC.

[1] Lids have been assigned symbolic cultural significance for thousands of years, being referred to in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora's box in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C.

poem Works and Days,[2][3] and in the Bible, in the Book of Numbers, verses from which have been dated as far back as the late seventh or early sixth century BC: Every open vessel with its lid unfastened will be unclean, Numbers 19:15 [4] The coffee lid market is valued at roughly $180 million.