Canopic jar with a baboon-headed lid (Hapy). Dimensions: Jar with Lid: H. 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in); greatest diam. 23 cm (9 1/16 in)Jar: H. 28.5cm (11 1/4 in.); depth (inside) 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); base diam. 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); rim diam. 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); circ. 72.2 cm (28 7/16 in.)Lid: H. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); w. 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); d. 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); foot diam. 12.8 cm (7 3/16 in.).. Dynasty: Dynasty 26. Date: 664-525 B.C..Canopic jars were made to contain the embalmed viscera removed from the body in the process of mummification. The organs were placed under the protection of the Four Sons of Horus, whose heads form the lids of the jars: Hapy (baboon-headed), Imsety (human-headed), Duamutef (jackal-headed), and Qebehsenuef (falcon-headed). In turn these gods were under the protection of the goddesses Nephthys, Isis, Neith, and Selket, respectively, as the inscriptions on the jars state. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Canopic jar with a baboon-headed lid (Hapy). Dimensions: Jar with Lid: H. 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in); greatest diam. 23 cm (9 1/16 in)Jar: H. 28.5cm (11 1/4 in.); depth (inside) 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.); base diam. 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); rim diam. 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); circ. 72.2 cm (28 7/16 in.)Lid: H. 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); w. 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.); d. 18.2 cm (7 3/16 in.); foot diam. 12.8 cm (7 3/16 in.).. Dynasty: Dynasty 26. Date: 664-525 B.C..Canopic jars were made to contain the embalmed viscera removed from the body in the process of mummification. The organs were placed under the protection of the Four Sons of Horus, whose heads form the lids of the jars: Hapy (baboon-headed), Imsety (human-headed), Duamutef (jackal-headed), and Qebehsenuef (falcon-headed). In turn these gods were under the protection of the goddesses Nephthys, Isis, Neith, and Selket, respectively, as the inscriptions on the jars state. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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