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Plaque with figure of one of the sons of Horus

Plaque with figure of one of the sons of Horus

Small faience plaque with two-dimensional depiction of a jackal-headed mummiform god, to be identified as Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus (protective guardians of the internal organs removed and embalmed separately in mummification).
 DUAMUTEF

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002]

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