The canopic jars is used to store organs after mummification, it was believed, would be needed in the afterlife. This canopic jar is one of four found in the mysterious Tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings, it is possible that it was originally made for Meritaten, Akhenaten’s daughter, who may have married the enigmatic King Smenkhkare, though many now assign it to Kiya, or even Smenkhkare himself.
Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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