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Canopic jar of large size which contained the mummified organs of a Mnevis bull, worshipped as the god of fertility and fecundity in Heliopolis. Alabaster. Late Period. Dynasty XXVI. 664-332 BC. The lid features the head of Amset. Probably from Heliopolis, Lower Egypt. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Canopic jar of large size which contained the mummified organs of a Mnevis bull, worshipped as the god of fertility and fecundity in Heliopolis. Alabaster. Late Period. Dynasty XXVI. 664-332 BC. The lid features the head of Amset. Probably from Heliopolis, Lower Egypt. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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Canopic jar of large size which contained the mummified organs of a Mnevis bull, worshipped as the god of fertility and fecundity in Heliopolis. Alabaster. Late Period. Dynasty XXVI. 664-332 BC. The lid features the head of Amset. Probably from Heliopolis, Lower Egypt. Detail. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.
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2832 x 4256 px | 34.5 MB
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24.0 x 36.0 cm | 9.4 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
26TH DYNASTY • ALABASTER • ALPHABET • AMSET • AMSETY • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT EGYPT • ANIMAL • ANIMAL, SACRED • ANIMALS • BODIES • BONNET • BOTTLE • BOWL • BULL • BULLS • BURIAL • CAIRO GOVERNORATE • CANOPIC JAR • CANOPIC JARS • CANOPIC VASE • CANOPIC • CANTEEN • CAP • CONTAINER • COVER • CRYSTAL • CULT • CUSTODIAN • DEDICATION • DEITY • DIVINITY • DYNASTY 26 • DYNASTY XXVI • EGYPT • EGYPT, LATE PERIOD • EGYPTE • EGYPTIAN SOCIETY • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • EPIC • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • EWER, VESSEL • FECUNDITY • FERTILITY • FLASK • FUNERAL • FUNERARY • GOD • GODHEAD • GODS • GUARD • GUARDIAN • GUARDS • GUTS • HAT • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HEAD-SHAPED • HEADDRESS • HEADGEAR • HELIOPOLIS • HIEROGLYPH • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • HUMAN • HUMAN-HEADED • HUMANE • IMSET • IMSETY • INDIVIDUAL • INSCRIPTION • JEROGLIFICA • KEEP WARM • KEEP • KEEPER • LATE PERIOD • LATE PERIOD, EGYPT • LEGEND • LID • LIVER • LOW SEASON • LOWER EGYPT • LUXOR • MESTA • MESTI • MNEVIS BULL • MNEVIS • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. MADRID. SPAIN. • ORGANS • PERSON • PHIAL • PROTECT • PROTECTING • PROTECTION • PROTECTIVE • PROTECTOR • REGISTRATION • REMAINS • RITE • RITUAL • SACRED ANIMAL • SAVE • SCRIPT • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SCULPTURES • SCUPTURE • TAUREAU • TEBAS • THÈBES • TORO • TWENTY-SIXTH DYNASTY • VESSEL VASE • VESSEL • VESSEL: BOTTLE • VESSEL: EWER • VESSEL: FLASK • VESSEL: PHIAL • VISCERA • WARDEN • WATER • WRITING