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Viscera figure with jackal head (Duamutef)

Viscera figure with jackal head (Duamutef)

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Date
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Medium
Resin
Dimensions
H. 9.7 × W. 2.7 × D. 1.8 cm (3 13/16 × 1 1/16 × 11/16 in.)
Department
Egyptian Art
Gallery
126
Location
126
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1925

Description

Overview Viscera figure with jackal head (Duamutef) Third Intermediate Period ca. 1000–945 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126 Four "viscera" figures, meant to protect the internal organs, were found inside the mummy of Djedmutesankh. Representing the Four Sons of Horus, these were associated with four of the seven packages of viscera that had been removed, dessicated, wrapped in linen, and put back inside the body. Jackal-headed, this example represents Duamutef, usually seen as the embodiment and protector of the stomach.