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PLATE I.
A BLUE CANOPIC JAR, WITH ANUBIS HEAD.
This is an imitation of porcelain and shows very well the unevenness of the modern glaze. Such jars were used to contain the internal organs of the dead and were placed in the tomb beside the mummy.
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