Canopic Jar Lid
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Canopic Jar Lid
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Published 2019-03-07T16:18:38+00:00
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The canopic jars were four in number, each for the safekeeping of particular human organs: the stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver, all of which, it was believed, would be needed in the afterlife. There was no jar for the heart: the Egyptians believed it to be the seat of the soul, and so it was left inside the body.
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Date published | 07/03/2019 |
Complexity | Medium |
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Title | Canopic Jar Lid |
Accession | 1902.50.1A |
Medium | Ceramic |
Record | https://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/ |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | Harvard Semitic Museum |
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