The two vases belonged to the grave goods of Psamtek-em-akhet, son of Pa-di-pa-hor and Ta-remec-en-Bastet, who held the military post of army commander like his father. The name of the deceased and stylistic features date the two canopic jars to the 26th dynasty. The jar with the hawk-headed lid, characterised by the invocation to the goddess Selkis and Horo’s son Khebehsenuf, is currently empty of its original contents -the intestines-, while the jar with the human-headed lid and invocation to the goddess Isis and Horo’s son Amset may still contain the liver of the deceased, being sealed.
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Late Period, 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC)
alabaster with traces of polychromy
