LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.

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A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JARS FOR TAU-IERT-IRU
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Each large rounded jar with four line hieroglyphic inscription for the lady Tau-iret-iru, one jar invoking the goddess Nephthys, who offers protection to the god Hapy, the other invoking the goddess Neith, who offers protection to the god Duamutef, each with human headed lid
Each 17 ¼ in. (44 cm.) high

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Acquired by a French diplomat in Alexandria in the 1840s; thence by descent to the present owner.

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Hapy, one of the Four Sons of Horus, was associated with and protector of the lungs. Duamutef was associated with and protector of the stomach. A third jar would have been inscribed with a invocation by Isis to the god Imsety, associated with the liver, and a fourth jar would have had an invocation by Selqet to Qebehsenuef, associated with the intestines.

LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.

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