Painted Wooden Canopic Jars

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Each of the jars contains a shallow cavity too small to accommodate a package of wrapped viscera. The inscriptions associate Duamutef and Qebhsennuef with a falcon and a jackal respectively. 25th Dynasty, c. 700 BCE. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. (The British Museum, London).

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, March 21). Painted Wooden Canopic Jars. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8353/painted-wooden-canopic-jars/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Painted Wooden Canopic Jars." World History Encyclopedia, March 21, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8353/painted-wooden-canopic-jars/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Painted Wooden Canopic Jars." World History Encyclopedia, 21 Mar 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8353/painted-wooden-canopic-jars/.

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