An Archaeological Study of Four Canopic Jars of the Royal Scribe (Qenamun) from the Eighteenth Dynasty

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Lecturer of Egyptian Language in the Department of Egyptology. Faculty of Archeology, South Valley University

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Abstract:
­This article studies four canopic jars that were discovered by Mohamed Saleh in 1966 at the tomb of Qenamun (TT 412) in El-Khokha cemetery, west of Luxor. Now they were kept in the storeroom of El Qurna museum, west of Luxor, and registered with inventory number 542 (Register No. 33-29/1). The four canopic jars are made of white pottery and are in a bad state of preservation, all of them were broken and have been restored, but some parts of them are missing, also the lids of these jars are lost. On the body of these canopic jars are inscriptions in four vertical columns that bear a hieroglyphic text starting with Dd mdw formula addressed to the guardian goddesses (Nephthys, Selket, Neith, Isis) and the four sons of Hours (Hapy, Kebehsenuef, Duamutef, Imsety), then includes the name and title of the owner which is called (qn Imn), which held the position of The Scribe of the King (sS nsw) during the reign of King Thutmose III and Amenhotep II from the 18th Dynasty, he is the owner of the tomb No. TT412 in El-Khokha cemetery in El-Qurna, west of Luxor. these canopic jars are free of any decorations or scenes. This article aims to provide a complete publication of these canopic jars and the texts will be copied, translated, and textual comment.

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