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canopic jar
noun
ca·no·pic jar
kə-ˈnō-pik- 
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: a jar in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the viscera of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummy
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While most prior similar studies focused on samples gleaned from the bandages and tissues of actual mummies, this latest study focuses on the balms used to embalm accompanying organs stored in canopic jars.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
Enlarge / One of the limestone canopic jars that once held mummified organs of the Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay (c. 1450 BCE).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
This limestone canopic jar contained the organs of Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay preserved in balm.
—Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2023
These specialists determined that the stone sculpture is the lid to an Egyptian canopic jar, depicting the funeral deity Imsety.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
This Egyptian canopic jar lid, which was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Tennessee, could be up to 3,000 years old.
—Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2022
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
Enlarge / One of the limestone canopic jars that once held mummified organs of the Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay (c. 1450 BCE).
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
This limestone canopic jar contained the organs of Egyptian noblewoman Senetnay preserved in balm.
—Popular Science, 31 Aug. 2023
These specialists determined that the stone sculpture is the lid to an Egyptian canopic jar, depicting the funeral deity Imsety.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
This Egyptian canopic jar lid, which was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Tennessee, could be up to 3,000 years old.
—Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2022
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“Canopic jar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canopic%20jar. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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