Canopic Jar
Culture: Egyptian
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions:
h. with lid: 14 15/16 in. (38 cm)
h. of jar: 11 7/16 in. (29 cm)
max. diam. of jar: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.57
Inscribed: Two columns of text written right to left:
Column 1:
Dd-mdw.in wsir pf-Abx-nt
Words spoken by the Osiris, Pef-abekh-Neith,
Column 2:
ms nbw-sA it.f ink sn Hpy
born of Nebu-sa, his father, (I am the protection), Hapy
Additional information in curatorial file [S. Schellinger 2018]
Provenance: by purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
Label Text
These jars (86.138.57-60) held the internal organs of a man named Pef-abekh-neith. During the mummification process, embalmers removed the organs from the body and stored them in canopic jars for placement in the tomb. The jars’ lids represent the Four Sons of Horus, gods who protected the organs. Falcon-headed Qebehsenuf watched over the intestines, jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, human-headed Imsety guarded the liver, and baboon-headed Hapi had charge of the lungs.
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
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