Large travertine canopic jar belonging to Psamtik. The lid of the jar depicts a man, who is commonly associated with Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus who protect the internal organs. However, a lightly incised inscription on the front informs us that the jar is associated with a different son, Qebehsenuef, who has the head of a falcon and usually guards the intestines. Given that it was common in the Late Period for the full set of jars to have human heads, it is likely that the head associated with this jar is correct (Dodson 1994). The jar is incised with two columns of hieroglyphs with a spell that invokes Qebehsenuef to protect the contents. The inscription also identifies the owner as the God’s Father Psamtik, son of Iahweben. The object was purchased by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1928 from the collection of Charles Tabor. An old label (V.15) written on the lid of the jar relates to a previous collection.
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