Canopic Smendes Met

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Canopic Smendes Met

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Canopic jar of pharaoh Smendes, founder of the 21st Dynasty. This particular jar was intended to contain the king's liver, since it is inscribed for Qebehsenuef, the falcon-headed deity deputed to the protection of this organ. Calcite alabaster, early 21st Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period. Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 47.60.

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Canopic Jar Inscribed for King Nesibanebdjedet (Smendes)
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