Limestone canopic jar lid
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Limestone canopic jar lid
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Published 2021-01-29T17:36:05+00:00
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Canopic jars were made to contain the embalmed viscera removed from the body in the process of mummification. The organs were placed under the protection of the Four Sons of Horus, whose heads form the lids of the jars: Hapy (baboon-headed), Imsety (human-headed), Duamutef (jackal-headed), and Kebehsenuef (falcon-headed). In turn these gods were under the protection of the goddesses Nephthys, Isis, Neith, and Selket, respectively, as the inscriptions on the jars state.
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| Date published | 29/01/2021 |
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| Title | Limestone canopic jar lid |
| Date | 664-525 B.C. |
| Medium | limestone |
| Record | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/548280 |
| Place | Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology |
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