Title
Osiris Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC. Artist: Unknown.
Caption
Osiris Canopic Jar, 22nd Dynasty, c1550BC-1069 BC. Containers used to store internal organs removed from the deceased's body during mummification. Their stoppers were made in the likeness of Horus?s sons, funerary gods whose role was to guard the internal organs. Qebehsenuef, with the head of a falcon, looked after the intestines, Hapy, with the head of a baboon, safeguarded the lungs, Duamutef, with the head of a jackal, protected the stomach, and Imsety, with a human head, looked after the liver. Louvre.
Date
1550 BC
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon
Reference
HRM19B83_156
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
55,1Mb (1,6Mb) / 11,8in x 18,1in / 3544 x 5432 (300dpi)