Viscera figure with human head (Imsety)

Unknown

ca. 1000–945 B.C. · Resin · Egyptian Art

Four "viscera" figures, meant to protect the internal organs, were found inside the mummy of Djedmutesankh. Representing the Four Sons of Horus, these were associated with four of the seven packages of viscera that had been removed, dessicated, wrapped in linen, and put back inside the body. Human-headed, this example represents Imsety, usually seen as the embodiment and protector of the liver.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1000–945 B.C.

Medium

Resin

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1925