EGYPTIAN DUAMUTEF CANOPIC JAR Late Period, 664-332 BC A limestone canopic jar with tapering body and wide flat base; lid in the form of the jackal-headed Duamutef wearing a bag wig. 6.31 kg, 30cm (12"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Jerusalem gentleman; inherited from his father who acquired them in the 1970s. Footnotes Duamutef was the the jackal-headed son of Horus who protected the stomach of the deceased and was in turn protected by the goddess Neith. It seems that his role was to worship the dead person, and his name means literally "he who worships his mother". In the Coffin Texts Horus calls upon him, "Come and worship my father for me, just as you went that you might worship my mother Isis in your name Duamutef." Isis had a dual role. Not only was she the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus, but she was also the consort of Horus the Elder and thus the mother of the sons of Horus. This ambiguity is added to when Duamutef calls Osiris, rather than Horus his father, although kinship terms were used very loosely, and "father" can be used as "ancestor" and "son" as "descendant". In Spell 151 of the Book of the Dead Duamutef is given the following words to say: "I have come to rescue my father Osiris from his assailant." The text does not make it clear who might assail Osiris, although there are two major candi
EGYPTIAN DUAMUTEF CANOPIC JAR Late Period, 664-332 BC A limestone canopic jar with tapering body and wide flat base; lid in the form of the jackal-headed Duamutef wearing a bag wig. 6.31 kg, 30cm (12"). Fine condition. Provenance Property of a Jerusalem gentleman; inherited from his father who acquired them in the 1970s. Footnotes Duamutef was the the jackal-headed son of Horus who protected the stomach of the deceased and was in turn protected by the goddess Neith. It seems that his role was to worship the dead person, and his name means literally "he who worships his mother". In the Coffin Texts Horus calls upon him, "Come and worship my father for me, just as you went that you might worship my mother Isis in your name Duamutef." Isis had a dual role. Not only was she the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus, but she was also the consort of Horus the Elder and thus the mother of the sons of Horus. This ambiguity is added to when Duamutef calls Osiris, rather than Horus his father, although kinship terms were used very loosely, and "father" can be used as "ancestor" and "son" as "descendant". In Spell 151 of the Book of the Dead Duamutef is given the following words to say: "I have come to rescue my father Osiris from his assailant." The text does not make it clear who might assail Osiris, although there are two major candi
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