Viscera figure with human head (Imsety)
This group of figures (25.3.157a–d) belonged to a woman named Nesenaset who lived in the second half of Dynasty 21. They represent the Four Sons of Horus, Egyptian deities who protected the four internal organs removed during mummification.
For more information on this type of funerary figurine, see 25.3.154a.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925
c. 1000-945 B.C.
Wax
2.8in
25.3.157a
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