#canopic

[canopiccuriosities]

Canopic jar, occult black and gold container for ancient horrors

[egypt-museum]

Alabaster Canopic Jar

Container held mummified organs needed for the deceased's immortal body. The jackal, Duamutef, guardian of the stomach, crowns the jar.

Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC. Now in the National Museum of Natural History. 370312

[egypt-museum]

Canopic jar of the general Ptahirdis

Canopic jars were intended to preserve the soft inner organs removed from the body during mummification. Some of the finest are those in Egyptian alabaster inscribed for high officials of the 26th Dynasty. This example is from the set of four for the general Ptahirdis, son of the lady Ankhnesites.

Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC. Now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. L1140:2

[blackrainbowblade]

Canopic chest

[egypt-museum]

Canopic Jars of Isetemkheb D, Chief of the Harem of Amun-Re

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1077-943 BC.

Now in the Hurghada Museum. JE 26254

[egypt-museum]

Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun

The interior of the chest is divided into four compartments, each with a cylindrical hollow covered by a lid elegantly carved in the form of the king’s head.

It is considered to be one of the finest masterpieces of Tutankhamun’s collection.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1333-1323 B.C. Tomb of Tutankhamun, KV62. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 60687

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Canopic chest of King Sobekemsaf I

Sobekemsaf was a Theban king of the Second Intermediate Period, when northern Egypt was occupied by the Hyksos. This chest contained his embalmed entrails, which were wrapped and contained in four ‘canopic’ jars. An image of these jars is painted on the flat inside lid of this chest.

The outer surface of the lid is convex, symbolising the firmament. Depicted on the sides of the chest is the jackal-headed god Anubis, protector of the burial ground and of mummification.

In Ancient Egypt, preserving the body and its organs was of utmost importance, as it was believed that the body had to remain intact for the soul to live on in the afterlife.

Second Intermediate Period, 17th Dynasty, ca. 1628 BC. From Dra' Abu el-Naga', Thebes. Now in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. AH 216

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A canopic jar lid depicting Queen Tuya, wife of Seti I and mother of Ramesses II.

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Now in the Luxor Museum.