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bolton_museum_1069Alabaster canopic jar of Neb from Abydos, D9 tomb group. Neb was the overseer of cattle of Onuris (Onuris was a huntsman god of the Abydos area). This is one of four jars which would have held his internal organs - this one would have had a baboon lid and held his lungs.  The inscription is a prayer of protection for the jar by Nephthys, the patron goddess of the baboon-headed deity and protector of the lungs, Hapy. 

The hieroglyphic text on the canopic jar says "Recitation by Nephthys: I embrace in my arms that which is within me, I protect Hapy who is within me, the honoured by Hapy, the Osiris, priest, overseer of cattle of Onuris, Neb, true of voice."

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