Replica Canopic jars – Home decor – Handmade antique – replica Canopic jars – Egyptian Canopic jars – four sons of Horus
$110
YOU FOUR CANOPIC JARS MADE FORM Alabaster stone
the first jars are for ( ANUBIS the god of medicine)
the second (ISIS the goddess of love)
the third (AMON the god of wisdom)
the fourth (Horus the god of life)
each one of the canopic jars has one organ of the pharaohs
Horus (liver)
AMON (kidney)
ISIS (intestine)
ANUBIS (brain)
Egyptian alabaster is a dense, Calcium carbonate stone that has been quarried near Hatnub, Egypt since the 1st century
Alabaster is a fine-grained, massive, translucent variety of gypsum, a hydrous calcium sulfate. It is pure white or streaked with reddish-brown
The canopic jars are hollow from inside you can put candles or spices you can use your jars also in your kitchen or as a décor
The canopic jars were four in number, each for the safekeeping of particular human organs all of which, it was believed, would be needed in the afterlife. There was no jar for the heart: the Egyptians believed it to be the seat of the soul, and so it was left inside the bodyX
Material:
Basalt Stone