Canopic Jar
E14227A
Location: On Display in the Sphinx Gallery
From: Egypt | Sedment
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E14227A |
| Current Location | Sphinx Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Egypt | Sedment |
| Locus | Tomb 260 |
| Period | Nineteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
| Date Made | ca. 1250 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Faience |
| Iconography | Duamutef | Jackal Head |
| Description | During the mummification process, embalmers removed the lungs, liver, stomach, and intestines. They mummified these organs separately and put them in canopic jars. The jackal god Duamutef protected the stomach. The hieroglyphs state that this blue faience jar belonged to a woman named Hathor who was a singer in the temple of the god Herishef |
| Height | 29.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 |
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