Canopic jars

Polychormed canopic jars. Used by the egyptians during the mummification to preserve the viscera. On the left, painted jar of a child of the Royal Nursery of Ahmose. 1500 BC. From Upper Egypt. In the center, painted jar without inscription. 1450 BC. On the right, jar with hieroglyphic text. 1500 BC. Unknown origin. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

1450 1500 Ahmose Alterlife Canopic Funerary Hieroglyph Hieroglyphic Hieroglyphics Jars Linear Mummification Polychrome Polychromed Polychromy Preservation Preserve Viscera

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