Canopic Jar with Jackal's Head (lid)
664–525 BCE
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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https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1021.b
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...
Artifact
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102378
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1921.1021.b
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Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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