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Vases Canopos

Museu Nacional

Museu Nacional
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The canopic vessels were used to store the embalmed viscera during the mummification process. The covers of these copies represent the Four Sons of Horus. The jackal-head cap depicts the god Duamutef, and in that vessel was the stomach. The baboon-headed play depicts the god Hapy and holds his lungs. A with falcon head represents the god Qebehsenuef and guarded the intestines. Imset, with the head of a man, kept the liver.

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  • Title: Vases Canopos
  • Creator Lifespan: -747/-747
  • Physical Dimensions: h33.5 cm
  • Rights: Copyright © 2017 Museu Nacional/UFRJ
  • Setor: Egito
  • Sala de Exposição: Egito Antigo
  • Local de Coleta/Origem: Egito Antigo.
  • Data de Origem/Produção: III Período Intermediário, cerca de 747 a.C.
  • Area de Conhecimento: Arqueologia
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