Canopic pots
Canopic jars, canopic jars, or canopic jars are vessels used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the entrails of the dead for the afterlife. They were usually made of limestone or pottery. Not all of the entrails were kept in one Canopic vessel, but there were 4 Canopic vessels, each of which was stored in a specific organ: the stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver.
They were usually made of alabaster, pottery, or stone.
Canopic jars in the Old Kingdom were distinguished by the fact that they were rarely engraved and had a plain lid. In the Middle Ages, engravings became more common, and jar lids became shaped like human heads. In the Nineteenth Dynasty, the lids of the four jars were made so that each depicted one of the four sons of Horus, as guardians of the organs inside the jars.
The Kenobian jars take the form of the four sons of Horus: Hapi to guard the lungs, Amesti to guard the liver, Domotiv to guard the stomach, and Kabhsenuf to guard the intestines. There was a firm belief that the dead would need these entrails in the afterlife, so they must be preserved. The jars are filled with materials that prevent decomposition, and are placed next to the dead.
They were given the name Canopic vessels after the city of Canopus, one of the cities of Abu Qir in Alexandria.
The pot lids took the form of the four sons of Horus!!
1- (Dawa Mut F) with a jackal’s head to guard the stomach
2- (Qabah Snow F) with the head of a falcon to guard the intestines
3- (Hapi) with the head of a monkey to guard the lungs
4-(Amste) with a human head to guard the liver
Les vases les plus anciens de l'Égypte ancienne ont été découverts dans le tombeau de la reine Hétéphére, mère du roi Khéops et épouse du roi Snéfrou.
Cette boîte est l'un des plus anciens exemples mettant en lumière la méthode de momification dans l'Egypte ancienne.
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