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In the process of mummification, the liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were removed, separately embalmed, and stored in specialized jars known as canopic jars (after a sailor in Greek mythology, who died at the town of Canopus in the Nile Delta and was worshipped there in the form of a human-headed jar). Each organ was identified with one of four funerary deities collectively known as the Sons of Horus: the liver with Imsety (man's head), the lungs with Hapy (baboon's head), the stomach with Duamutef (jackal's head), and the intestines with Qebehsenuef (falcon's head). It was their duty to protect the deceased and restore to him his body parts in the hereafter.
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102378
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Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head (lid)
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102378
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Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head (lid)
description
In the process of mummification, the liver, lungs, stomach, and intestines were removed, separately embalmed, and stored in specialized jars known as canopic jars (after a sailor in Greek mythology, who died at the town of Canopus in the Nile Delta and was worshipped there in the form of a human-headed jar). Each organ was identified with one of four funerary deities collectively known as the Sons of Horus: the liver with Imsety (man's head), the lungs with Hapy (baboon's head), the stomach with Duamutef (jackal's head), and the intestines with Qebehsenuef (falcon's head). It was their duty to protect the deceased and restore to him his body parts in the hereafter.
date
664–525 BCE
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language
en
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Q60758285
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Funerary Equipment
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1
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Diameter: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); Overall: 42.6 cm (16 3/4 in.)
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Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26
accession
1921.1021.b
Source extras
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travertine
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Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head (lid), 664–525 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26. Travertine; diameter: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.); diameter of mouth: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); overall: 42.6 cm (16 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1921.1021.b
collection
Egypt - Late Period
didYouKnow
This jar is made of travertine stone-- subtle in color and with a captivating natural pattern-- with hieroglyphics carved on the front. Such jars were used to hold internal organs of the deceased and to preserve them for the afterlife.
citations
citation
"The Bequests of Mary Warden Harkness: A Tribute and an Accounting." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 2, part. 2. (February, 1928): 43-50
page_number
Reproduced: p. 46; Mentioned: p. 49
citation
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 447; Mentioned: p. 447-448, cat. no. 347
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The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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2026-05-29 05:31:49.779000
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102378
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Egypt - Late Period
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travertine
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