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Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Imsety

Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Imsety. Dimensions: H. 28 cm (11 in); diam. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18-20. Date: ca. 1550-1070 B.C.. Canopic jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus: Hapy (lungs), Imsety (liver), Duamutef (stomach), and Qebehsenuef (intestines). Beginning in the New Kingdom, canopic jar lids were usually carved with heads that identify these four protectors: the baboon head is Hapy, the human head is Imsety, the jackal head is Duamutef, and the falcon head is Qebehsenuef. This jar, with its human-headed lid probably held the liver and was under the protection of Imsety. The other three jars of the set are 12.183.1b-d.
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Title:
Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Imsety
Caption:
Canopic Jar Representing the Deity Imsety. Dimensions: H. 28 cm (11 in); diam. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 18-20. Date: ca. 1550-1070 B.C.. Canopic jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus: Hapy (lungs), Imsety (liver), Duamutef (stomach), and Qebehsenuef (intestines). Beginning in the New Kingdom, canopic jar lids were usually carved with heads that identify these four protectors: the baboon head is Hapy, the human head is Imsety, the jackal head is Duamutef, and the falcon head is Qebehsenuef. This jar, with its human-headed lid probably held the liver and was under the protection of Imsety. The other three jars of the set are 12.183.1b-d.
Technique/material:
Limestone, paint
Period:
NEW KINGDOM
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
2934 x 4400 px | 36.9 MB
Print size:
24.8 x 37.3 cm | 9.8 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)
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