Canopic jar of Tetinakht: Imsety ca. 1550–1525 New Kingdom Three canopic jars (–c) were found in a tomb dating to the beginning of Dynasty 18. Two of the lids are shaped like animal heads, representing the jackal-headed deity Duamutef, protector of the stomach, and the falcon-headed deity Qebehsenuef, protector of the intestines. This jar, with the human-headed lid, represents the deity Imsety, protector of the liver. These are three of the Four Sons of Horus. Missing from the set is the fourth jar, which probably had a baboon-headed lid representing Hapy, protector of the lung

Canopic jar of Tetinakht: Imsety ca. 1550–1525 New Kingdom Three canopic jars (–c) were found in a tomb dating to the beginning of Dynasty 18. Two of the lids are shaped like animal heads, representing the jackal-headed deity Duamutef, protector of the stomach, and the falcon-headed deity Qebehsenuef, protector of the intestines. This jar, with the human-headed lid, represents the deity Imsety, protector of the liver. These are three of the Four Sons of Horus. Missing from the set is the fourth jar, which probably had a baboon-headed lid representing Hapy, protector of the are the earliest datable examples of animal-headed lids on canopic jars, a style that did not become common until later in the New Kingdom. In earlier periods, the lids were different. Old Kingdom canopic jars were often covered with simple disk-shaped lids (see –.19), and from the Middle Kingdom into the early New Kingdom, they were usually covered with human-headed lids (see –d).For a complete set of animal-headed canopic jars, see – Canopic jar of Tetinakht: Imsety. ca. 1550–1525 Pottery, Marl A4. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Birabi, Tomb CC 9, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1907–11. Dynasty 18, early

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