Canopic Jars Large Sculpture Hieroglyph Set four Egyptian Art heavy granite stone made in Egypt.

Four Sons of Horus: Hapy - Duamutef - Imsety - Qebehsenuef . The four sons of Horus were a group of four gods in Egyptian religion, who were essentially the personifications of the four canonic Jars, which accompanied mummification bodies. Egyptian Art canonic jars Set 4 sons of Horus . Made from heavy Granite stone made in Egypt. Height 22 cm width 9 cm weight 5120 grams. Canonic jars used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and reserve the viscera of their owner for afterlife. They were commonly either carved from limestone or were made of pottery . Canopic jars used by the ancient Egyptian during the mummification process to store and reserve the viscera of their owner for the afterlife. They were commonly either carved from limestone or were made of pottery. These jars were used by the ancient Egyptian from the time of the old Kingdom until the time of the late period or the Ptolemaic period, by which time the viscera were simply wrapped and placed with the body. The viscera were not kept in a single canopic jars: each jar was reserved for specific organs. The name “canopic “ reflects the mistaken association by early Egyptologists with the Greek legend of Canopic. Canopic jars of the old Kingdom were rarely inscribed and had a plain lid . In the Middle Kingdom inscriptions became more usual, and the lids were often in the form of human heads. By the Nineteenth dynasty each of the four lids depicts one of the four sons of Horus, as guardians of the organs.

• Material: stone