Lid of Canopic jar

Unknown1st milennium BC

Museo Cerralbo
MADRID, Spain

A human head belonging to the god Amset, one of the four sons of Horus, depicted on the four Canopic jars that contained the entrails of the mummified deceased in ancient Egypt; in this case the liver.

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Title: Lid of Canopic jar
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1st milennium BC
Type: Funerary containers
External Link: CERES

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