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A Complete Set of Canopic Jars

Accession: VO.7 (41.171, 41.172, 41.173, 41.174)
Dynasty: 22nd-23rd Dynasty
Date: ca. 900-800 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
Date range: 912 BCE – 788 BCE
Materials: ['limestone with paint']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), A Complete Set of Canopic Jars (VO.7 (41.171, 41.172, 41.173, 41.174)). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220820

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<p>This set of canopic jars was made to contain the internal organs removed from the body during the mummification process. The four sons of the god Horus were believed to protect these organs. The jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach; the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, the intestines; the baboon-headed Hapi, the lungs; and human-headed Imsety, the liver.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.7 (41.171, 41.172, 41.173, 41.174)' rel='external'>A Complete Set of Canopic Jars</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Horus Qebehsenuef

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Walters-AccNum VO.7 (41.171, 41.172, 41.173, 41.174) tier-2
Walters-id 77403 tier-2

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