Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Duamutef

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664–525 BC · Limestone, paint · Egyptian Art

Canopic jars were made to hold the internal organs that were removed during mummification. This canopic jar, with its jackal-headed lid, probably held the stomach and was under the protection of the god Duamutef, one of the Four Sons of Horus. The other three jars of the set are 12.183.1a–c.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–525 BC

Medium

Limestone, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912