Hand Carved Soapstone Miniature Canopic Jar with Stopper. Thoth. Egypt.

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Incised onto front, hieroglyphs.  On the stopper, Thoth (the baboon), the God of Wisdom.

 

Originals were used to house human organs in funerary tomb sites.  Stand not included.