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An Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jar 1085-709 BC
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Pre AD 1000 item# 630704
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Glenn Howard Ancient Art, Ltd
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Limestone "dummy" canopic jar with the head of Duamutef. The jackal headed Deity, protector of the stomach. 31cm high. Comes with the original receipt from Mohamed Abdel-Rahim El-Shear antiquity merchant. License number 75, Cairo, Egypt June, 15th 1966. Old repair on the proper left ear, and end of nose. Large amount of ancient encrustation. Age cracks through out. Nice inexpensive piece of ancient Egyptian mummification equipment...........The Sons of Horus were minor deities who protected the internal organs which were removed during the mummification process. These were embalmed in the same way as the body, wrapped and placed in stone or wooden jars, which were sometimes kept together in a canopic chest.
Initially, the jars had plain disc lids but human-headed lids later became more common. After the late Eighteenth Dynasty (about 1550-1295 BC), the stoppers often actually represent the four Sons of Horus. They are: the falcon-headed Qebhsenuef (intestines); the jackal-headed Duamutef (the stomach); the baboon-headed Hapy (the lungs), and the human-headed Imsety (the liver).
A change took place in the embalming practice during the Twenty-First Dynasty (about 1069-945 BC).The internal organs were returned to the body cavity after being wrapped, protected by wax or clay figures of the Sons of Horus. This made the canopic jars redundant, though they were still included in the tomb as they were viewed as an essential element of a good burial. The jars were often not hollowed out and were simply dummy jars.
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