Viscera figure with human head (Imsety)
Third Intermediate Period
Four "viscera" figures, meant to protect the internal organs, were found inside the mummy of Djedmutesankh. Representing the Four Sons of Horus, these were associated with four of the seven packages of viscera that had been removed, dessicated, wrapped in linen, and put back inside the body. Human-headed, this example represents Imsety, usually seen as the embodiment and protector of the liver.
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