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Statuette of the God Duamutef

This Jackal-headed god, one of the four gods protecting the organs of Tutankhamun, is easily mistaken for Anubis but is in fact Duamutef “He who adores his mother”.

One of the four Sons of Horus, to whose particular protection the stomach was entrusted once it had been removed from the body during mummification. He himself was protected or helped by the goddess Neith. The god was closely connected with the east. On sarcophagi from the Middle Kingdom on he is usually shown on the eastern side of the foot end. Duamutef is depicted as a man or a man with the head of a jackal. The canopic jar in question could also have a lid shaped like a jackal’s head.

From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes.

Photo from Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh at the Saatchi Gallery London Nov 2019 - May 2020. via THEFARMparis/Twitter

Psst who’s the sons of Horus’ mother? @bigbadjackal

Coffin Text 157 says they are the children of Horus the Elder and Isis, but they may also have emerged from a waterlily bloom.