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.