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

April 22, 2016 by admin

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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.

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