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A Complete Set of Canopic Jars

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. VO.7 (41.171, 41.172, 41.173, 41.174). Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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: 900 BCE – 800 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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Description

<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>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Four small canopic jar tops/body forms are shown in a row, each with a carved lid face and painted marks on the body.

The image depicts a set of four canopic jar elements arranged side-by-side against a plain light background. Each jar has a human-headed or animal-headed lid (one appears jackal-like, one human, one falcon/ibis-like, and one human), with simplified, worn facial features. The jar bodies are cylindrical and light-colored, with dark painted hieroglyphic signs arranged in a vertical column on the front of each jar. No visible cartouches are clear enough to confidently read. There is no legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text. The painted markings are consistent with labeling or protective inscriptions commonly found on canopic jars. The object surfaces show age-related wear and slight discoloration; paint remains visible on the inscriptions and facial details.

funerary unclear (canopic jars are broadly associated with Late Period–Ptolemaic/Roman, but no definitive date markers are legible here) good

Deities unknown

Materials limestonepaint (dark pigment on inscriptions)

Signs unidentified hieroglyphic group (vertical column of small dark signs on front) ×10

Connections

Deities Horus Hapi Imsety Duamutef Qebehsenuef

Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

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

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From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Walters Art Museum (Egyptian).
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