Canopic Chest of Khonsu
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The canopic box was made for Khonsu (see 86.1.1a, b and 86.1.2a, b) has a shrine-shaped lid and the typical Egyptian cavetto cornice around the upper edge. It is built on sledge runners, and thereare two knobs for tying the lid shut. The interior is divided into four compartments for the canopic the storage of the four internal organs. The lid is decorated with two images of Anubis as a jackal, and the sides of the box are decorated with the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, Selkit and Neith, and the Four Sons of Horus, protectors of the internal organs. The inscriptions assure Khonsu of their protection. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb are numbered 86.1.1\u201386.1.29Free picture Canopic Chest of Khonsu integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
