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Canopic jars The four canopic jars contained the entrails of the human body, removed in the process of mummification to prevent the body from decomposing during the weeks between death and burial. Canopic jars of the Old Kingdom (about 2686-2181 BC) are almost never inscribed, and have a plain lid. In the Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC) canopic jars are often inscribed, and the lids are often human headed. In the Nineteenth Dynasty and later each of the four lids takes the form of a different head - falcon, human, jackal and baboon (denoting the four children of Horus). |
New Kingdom
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Third Intermediate Period
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the chantress of Amun
Mut-nofret
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unknown provenance, unknown owner
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the chantress of Amun Iset
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found in the Ramesseum
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UC 15810
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UC 30098 |
UC 30116
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UC 14235
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UC 14238
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UC 16422
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UC 16421
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Bibliography: Raisman/Martin 1984 (catalogue of the canopic jars in the Petrie Museum) |
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