Canopic jar of Nephthys ca. 1981–1802 Middle Kingdom This Middle Kingdom canopic jar belongs to a set of four (–e), which were used to contain the viscera removed from the body during mummification. These four jars belong very probably to the burial of a mayor’s daughter called Nephthys (for her mummy, see , and for her two coffins, see , b). In earlier periods, canopic jars had simple disc-shaped or hemispherical lids. In the late First Intermediate Period to early Middle Kingdom, however, lids in the form of human heads were Canopic jar of Neph
Canopic jar of Nephthys ca. 1981–1802 Middle Kingdom This Middle Kingdom canopic jar belongs to a set of four (–e), which were used to contain the viscera removed from the body during mummification. These four jars belong very probably to the burial of a mayor’s daughter called Nephthys (for her mummy, see , and for her two coffins, see , b). In earlier periods, canopic jars had simple disc-shaped or hemispherical lids. In the late First Intermediate Period to early Middle Kingdom, however, lids in the form of human heads were Canopic jar of Nephthys. ca. 1981–1802 Indurated limestone, paint, linen. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Meir, Khashaba excavations, 1910–11. Dynasty 12
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