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Viscera figure with falcon head (Qebehsenuef)

Viscera figure with falcon head (Qebehsenuef)

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Date
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Medium
Wax (?)
Dimensions
H. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Department
Egyptian Art
Gallery
130
Location
130
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1925

Description

Overview Viscera figure with falcon head (Qebehsenuef) Third Intermediate Period ca. 1000–945 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130 A set of four roughly-made figures (25.3.158a–d) were found inside the mummy of Tiye. Each of the figures represents one of the Four Sons of Horus, the deities who both embodied and protected the internal organs. Tiye's organs had been removed, divided into seven packages, dessicated, wrapped in linen, and placed back in her body. This figure represents the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, usually seen as the guardian of the intestines.