canopic jar
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Latin Canōpicus, from Canopus + -icus.
Noun
[edit]canopic jar (plural canopic jars)
- (archaeology) An Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed.
- Synonym: Canopus
- 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 120:
- Had Radulph Tubbs such luck with tombs it is probable that he […] would have uncovered only the four canopic jars containing, respectively, the large intestines, small intestines, heart, and liver.