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Egyptian Artifacts Reading Hieroglyphs

“Wide Heart” or “Happiness”

𓄫𓄣 – “Be Happy, “Happiness,” “Be Cheerful,” “Joy,” – or in Middle Egyptian, “Wide Heart.” 

𓄤𓆑𓂋𓅱𓏭𓇑𓇑 – How beautiful is this piece!? While this piece of jewelry may be unassuming to most who walk past it in the galleries as it is very small 𓈖𓆓𓋴𓅩, it carries such a universal message that has permeated for thousands of years – Happiness 𓄫𓄣! I LOVE how the actual Middle Egyptian version of the word is “Wide Heart” – I think it carries so much meaning in such a little phrase. “Ancient Egypt makes my heart wide” sounds cooler than “Ancient Egypt brings me joy/happiness” 

I always love seeing Happiness/Joy 𓄫𓄣 written on objects because that is exactly how I felt when I was in a museum and looking at Egyptian artifacts with my Nonno. The only emotion I could feel at the time was joy 𓄫𓄣 and I was so lucky. I would do anything to go to a museum with my Nonno and experience those emotions again. While I do feel immense joy 𓄫𓄣 in museums now, there’s always a sadness to it as well because I truly miss my Nonno more than anything. I would love a piece like this as a necklace – sometimes we all need a reminder to find joy 𓄫𓄣! 

𓄫𓄣𓏏, 𓄫𓏏𓄣𓏺, and 𓄫𓄣𓏺 are all common variants of the word, that I have seen many times in inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥 too! 

This beautiful 𓄤 clasp belonged to the princess Sithathoryunet, who is thought to be the daughter 𓅭𓏏 of the 12th Dynasty (c. 1887–1813 B.C.E) Pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 Senwosret II 𓄊𓋴𓂋𓏏𓊃𓈖. She is thought to be his daughter 𓅭𓏏 because her tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐 is linked to his. Flinders Petrie was actually the one to discover her tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐. Despite being robbed in antiquity, the tomb robbers left a chest full of beautiful 𓄤 jewelry behind! The clasp is made out of gold 𓋞𓃉𓃉𓃉 and carnelian, which is a stone with a red color. I will speak more about the jewelry in future posts, it is is so beautiful 𓄤 and I love jewelry!

Since I shared what makes me happy 𓄫𓄣, I’d love to hear from all 𓎟 of you! Share something that makes you happy/your heart wide 𓄫𓄣! 

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Book Recommendations Video

“Book of the Dead” Recommendation – Video

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This book was essential to me learning hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 as a child. My Nonno gave me this book – it was his long before it was mine. I loved the cover because Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 was on it (and he’s my favorite), but what I didn’t know was how much this book was going to teach me. I will be very honest – I never sat down and intensely studied Egyptian grammar. I never really learned too much Coptic either. I used this book to learn the relationships between symbols and Egyptian words/phrases and it kind of just “clicked” for me. The Book of the Dead is very repetitive, which is very helpful when learning. I also have many other books on reading hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 which were extremely helpful, but this book was probably the best one. In my opinion, you can sit down and study vocabulary all you want, but unless you are actively engaging in the material and reading real Egyptian texts, you aren’t going to learn. I still use this book as a reference very often! I also have a book 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 that is the complete Papyrus of Ani 𓄿𓈖𓏼𓇌𓀀 in pictures 𓏏𓅱𓏏, and I would use both books side by side so I could actually see the real papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 as I was reading and learning the symbols. If you want to learn hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪, diving right into Egyptian religious text is the best way to do it (in my opinion – remember, I am completely self taught)! #ancientEgypt #egyptianhistory #booktok #bookrecommendations #bookofthedead #hieroglyphics #letsreadsomehieroglyphs #hieroglyphs

♬ original sound – ancientegyptblog Nicole Lesar

The book I recommend in this video was essential to me learning hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 as a child.  My Nonno gave me this book – it was his long before it was mine. I loved the cover because Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 was on it (and he’s my favorite), but what I didn’t know was how much this book was going to teach me. 

I will be very honest – I never sat down and intensely studied Egyptian grammar. I never really learned too much Coptic either.  I used this book to learn the relationships between symbols and Egyptian words/phrases and it kind of just “clicked” for me.  The Book of the Dead is very repetitive, which is very helpful when learning. I also have many other books on reading hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 which were extremely helpful, but this book was probably the best one. 

In my opinion, you can sit down and study vocabulary all you want, but unless you are actively engaging in the material and reading real Egyptian texts, you aren’t going to learn. I still use this book as a reference very  often!

I also have a book 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 that is the complete Papyrus of Ani 𓄿𓈖𓏼𓇌𓀀 in pictures 𓏏𓅱𓏏, and I would use both books side by side so I could actually see the real papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 as I was reading and learning the symbols.

If you want to learn hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪, diving right into Egyptian religious text is the best way to do it (in my opinion – remember, I am completely self taught)!

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Hieroglyph Book Recommendation – Video

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Do you want to learn how to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs but don’t know where to begin? Here are some book recommendations to get you started! I started to teach myself ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs starting at the age of six and I’ve been reading them for over 25 years now! I love teaching people how they can learn too – if I can do it, anyone can! This is not an ad – I brought all of these books myself and these are my honest opinions. Follow me to learn all about ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs, Egyptian mythology, art, culture and more! This is my personal video and original text. DO NOT repost. #ancientEgypt #hieroglyphics #egyptianhistory #languagelearningtips #languagelearning #bookrecommendations #hieroglyphs #letsreadsomehieroglyphs #ancientegyptblog

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Hi 𓉔𓇌𓀁 everyone! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 I am here with two 𓏻 book recommendations if you want to learn to read hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 too! The first book is “Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners” by Bill Manley and the second book is “How to Read Egyptian” by Mark Collier and Bill Manley!

This video shows my honest opinions! However, I am an Amazon Associate and if you use my links to purchase the books I recommended, I will earn a small commission. This helps me keep my website and educational materials free for everyone!

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Egyptian Artifacts

Ushabti or Shabti?

Seeing ushabti 𓅱𓈙𓃀𓏏𓏭𓀾 figures in museums will always bring me back to seeing them with my Nonno as a kid. Just like with the Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 statues 𓏏𓅱𓏏𓀾𓏪, he was always so excited to show my sister 𓌢𓈖𓏏𓁐 and I the ushabti 𓆷𓄿𓍯𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀾 figures and tell us all about them. I wish I could hear Nonno tell his ushabti stories again. I miss listening to him speak about ancient Egypt and ancient history more than anyone can even realize. He was always so passionate when he spoke about these things, and I think I get that from him because other people tell me that I am the same way.

Many people debate if the word is “shabti” or “ushabti,” when in reality, both pronunciations would be correct because it appears both ways in hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 too! “𓅱𓈙𓃀𓏏𓏭𓀾 usbty” is where “ushabti” comes from and  “𓆷𓄿𓍯𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀾 sawabti” is where “shabti” comes from! My Nonno always said “Ushabti 𓅱𓈙𓃀𓏏𓏭𓀾” so that is what I tend to use as well!

Here are some other variations for “ushabti” in hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 that aren’t used as much as the ones I have listed above. These variants are basically shortened versions of 𓆷𓄿𓍯𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀾 or just use a different determinative!

𓆷𓃀𓏏𓏮

𓆷𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀾

𓆷𓄿𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀭

𓆷𓄿𓍯𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀭

𓆷𓄿𓍯𓄿𓃀𓏲𓍘𓇋𓆱 (the 𓆱 symbol as a determinative is interesting – probably because wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 ushabtis were popular in the 19th Dynasty).

The text 𓏟𓏛𓏥 on the blue 𓇋𓁹𓏏𓄿𓏸𓏥 faience 𓋣𓈖𓏏𓏸𓏼 ushabti 𓆷𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀾 is a version of the “Shabti Spell” from Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead. This spell 𓎛𓂓𓏛 gives the ushabti 𓆷𓃀𓏏𓏮𓀾 the power to complete tasks (farming, manual labor, etc) for the deceased 𓅓𓏏𓏱 in the Field of Reeds 𓇏𓏏𓈅𓇋𓄿𓂋𓅱𓆰𓊖.

The “Shabti Spell” usually starts off with the following phrase: 

𓋴𓌉𓆓𓇶 – The Illuminated One

𓁹𓊨𓀭 – The Osiris

Then the “Shabti Spell” will usually list the deceased’s 𓅓𓏏𓏱 job/titles: 

𓏟 – Scribe

𓉒 – Treasury

So this specific ushabti’s spell starts off with “The Illuminated One, The Osiris, The Scribe of the Treasury…”

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Colorful Hieroglyph Relief

A lot of the time, the pieces that catch my eye in the museums are the unassuming limestone 𓇋𓈖𓈙𓌉 fragments that contain colorful hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪. Once upon a time, most Egyptian reliefs were as colorful as this piece, however with the passage of time, most of the colors faded. It’s so cool to almost catch a glimpse of what the colors were like thousands 𓏲𓏲𓏲 of years ago!

Let’s read some (very fragmented) hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 – or at least examine the symbols that we can! We are going to start from the left, since the symbols are pointing to the left!

𓁟 – the “ibis headed god” symbol is both an ideogram and determinative for “Thoth” and is associated with the sound “ḏḥwtj.” 

𓎟 – the “basket 𓎟” symbol is a biliteral phonogram that has the sound “nb” (pronounced like “neb”). Can be used to represent the words Lord, All, Every, and many others! 

𓊹𓉼 – This word means “Great God.” “𓊹” is the triliteral symbol for God and has the sound “ntr” which would be pronounced like “neter.” “𓉼” is the symbol for “Great,” which is a biliteral phonogram and has the sound of “ˁ3” which would be pronounced like “ah.”  

𓂧𓏏𓏥 – the first symbol 𓂧 looks like the uniliteral phonogram “d,” the second symbol 𓏏 is the uniliteral phonogram “t” and then the third symbol 𓏦 is the “three strokes” symbol which can be used to make a word plural, but can also mean they, them, their, of, three, and much more. This word might mean “hands,” or “handful,” but I don’t have a full inscription so I don’t know! 

𓎛𓏭𓅱 – this word means “would that” or “please” and can also be written as “𓎛𓅱𓏭.” It is associated with the sound “hwy.” 

𓀭𓀭 – the “seated god” symbol acts as a determinative for the words God or King, and can even be used as the pronoun “I” when the God or King is speaking! 

𓏃 – the “water jars in a rack 𓏃” symbol is most commonly used as a triliteral phonogram, and is associated with the sound ḫnt. This symbol usually is used for the prepositional phrase “In Front Of” but can also be used to mean “First.”

This relief is from an 18th-19th Dynasty tomb wall. The 18th-19th Dynasty was part of the New Kingdom Period of ancient Egypt, and is my favorite time period to study!

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Stela with a Dedication to Anubis

This sandstone 𓂋𓅱𓂧𓏏𓌗𓈙 piece, located in one of the tiny 𓈖𓆓𓋴𓅩 offshoot galleries at the MET is a stela 𓎗𓅱𓆓𓉸 from the New Kingdom (c. 1400–1390 B.C.E.) with two 𓏻 people, Siamun and Taruy, worshipping Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣! Usually on stelae 𓎗𓅱𓆓𓉸𓏪, people are shown worshipping Osiris 𓁹𓊨𓀭, so seeing Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 on one makes me very happy! 

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! I’m going to start on the right, with the cartouche!

(𓇳𓏠𓆣𓏼) – Thutmosis IV 

Now, above Anubis: 

𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱 – Anubis

𓎟 – Lord

𓇾𓏤𓈅𓂦 – Sacred Land

Above the Two People: 

𓂋𓏏𓂞𓀢 – Giving Praise

𓇋𓈖 – To

𓇋𓈖𓊪𓏲 – Anubis

𓇋𓈖 – by the 

𓃂 – Wab Priest

(These hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 are etched out, but probably read “Siamun”)

𓌢𓈖𓏏 – Sister

𓈘𓏏 – Beloved

𓆑 – His

𓏏𓄿𓂋𓏤𓏭𓅱 – Taruy

So all 𓎟 together 𓈖𓊗, the inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 reads: 

“𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓎟𓇾𓏤𓈅𓂦” – Anubis, Lord of the Sacred Land

“𓂋𓏏𓂞𓀢𓇋𓈖𓇋𓈖𓊪𓏲𓇋𓈖𓃂…𓌢𓈖𓏏𓈘𓏏𓆑𓏏𓄿𓂋𓏤𓏭𓅱” – Giving praise to Anubis, by the Wab Priest (Siamun) to his beloved sister Taruy.

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“Beloved of Maat”

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! 

This inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 is very simple because it contains the shortened variant of both of the words! 

𓌺 – Beloved (𓌻𓂋𓇌)

𓁧 – Ma’at (𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧)

I haven’t spoken about Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 in a while, so let’s learn a bit more about her! So why would a pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 want to be the “Beloved of Maat 𓌺𓁧?”

Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧, the goddess 𓊹𓏏 of truth 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓆄, justice 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓆄𓏜, harmony and was an extremely important goddess 𓊹𓏏 in the Egyptian pantheon. 

Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 was not only a goddess 𓊹𓏏 but also a concept in ancient Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 – to live 𓋹 by Ma’at 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 was to always act truthfully and with good intentions, as opposed to chaotically – which is how the ancient Egyptians viewed other societies at the time. The goddess Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 was the personification of these concepts and of cosmic order. 

Being a “Beloved of Maat 𓌺𓁧” was the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 taking the place of Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 in the creation myth. When Ra 𓇳𓏺𓁛 emerged from the primeval mound, he set his daughter 𓅭𓏏 Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 in the place of chaos and to keep cosmic order. One of the roles of the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 was to do the same. 

Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 is always portrayed as having a feather 𓆄𓏺 on her head, whether in reliefs or even in hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! You can always tell that an image 𓏏𓅱𓏏 is of Maat 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 by looking for the feather 𓆄𓏺! 

Maat’s 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 most important role was in the judgement of the dead 𓅓𓏏𓏱.  The god 𓊹 Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 would weigh the heart 𓇋𓃀𓄣 of the deceased against Maat’s 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁦 feather 𓆄 to see if they lived a true 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓆄 and just life 𓋹. If the deceased’s heart  𓇋𓃀𓄣 was balanced with the feather 𓆄, they were declared “true of voice 𓐙𓊤,” and could meet Osiris 𓁹𓊨𓀭. 

Also, notice the similarities between all of these words that have to do with Maat – the determinatives are different, which changed the meaning of the word, but they would have been pronounced the same! 

𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓆄 – Truth

𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓆄𓏜 – Justice

𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁧 – Maat

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Egyptian Artifacts Reading Hieroglyphs

Relief of Anubis

Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 I am going to be re-sharing one of my absolute favorite reliefs of Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣! This relief of Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 is from a larger limestone 𓇋𓈖𓈙𓌉 piece that was made for Amenemhat I’s 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅓𓄂𓏏 “Heb Sed” festival,  better known as the 30 𓎆𓎆𓎆 Year Jubilee! 

There are so many amazing facts about Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢; I could probably write a book about him! Aptly named, “Lord of the Necropolis 𓎟𓇾𓂦𓈊,” he was guardian of tombs 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐𓏦 and cemeteries. Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 was the god 𓊹 of mummification 𓋴𓂧𓐍𓅱𓐎, and the title “He who is in the mummy wrappings 𓇋𓏶𓅱𓏏𓐎𓊖“ signifies Anubis’ 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 role in the mummification 𓋴𓂧𓐍𓅱𓐎 process, which is what he is most known for. 

Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 also could act as a guide to souls 𓂓𓂓𓂓 in the Underworld 𓇼𓄿𓏏𓉐(referenced in the Pyramid Texts of Unas 𓃹𓈖𓇋𓋴). One of his most famous roles is in the Weighing of the Heart, in which the dead 𓅓𓏏𓏱 person’s heart 𓇋𓃀𓄣 would be weighed against Maat’s 𓐙𓌴𓂣𓏏𓁦 feather 𓆄𓏺 by Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣.  Basically, Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 played a big role in all aspects of a person’s death 𓅓𓏏𓏱, and death 𓅓𓏏𓏱 was a huge part of the Egyptian religion. 

Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 (the ones above Anubis’ 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓃣 head)! This is part of a much larger inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥!

𓏶𓅱𓏏𓐎- He Who is in the Mummy Wrappings – (the first symbol is cut off in my picture, 𓇋𓏶𓅱𓏏𓐎𓊖, but it actually can be written both ways)

𓎟𓇿𓇿 – Lord of the Two Lands (we have seen this one many times before – part of the titles of the pharaoh)!

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“Given Life”

“Given Life 𓏙𓋹”

Such a simple and easy phrase, however, this phrase was extremely powerful in ancient Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖! If you look at inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥, it is literally everywhere! A lot of inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥 either started or ended with “Given Life 𓏙𓋹.” Usually, inscriptions 𓏟𓏛𓏥 were meant to preserve the name 𓂋𓈖 of the deceased, so their soul 𓂓𓏺 could continue to live on. 

My Nonno 𓈖𓍯𓈖𓈖𓍯𓀀 loved ancient Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖 and shared his passion with me; he is the reason I’m able to read hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 and is the reasons I have a lifelong passion for the history of Egypt 𓆎𓅓𓏏𓊖. My Nonno 𓈖𓍯𓈖𓈖𓍯𓀀 gave life 𓏙𓋹 to my passion, and now I am giving life 𓏙𓋹 to his name 𓂋𓈖 and memory.

As Christmas approaches, dealing with the grief of not having Nonno here for a third Christmas has been extremely difficult. Grief can be an overpowering emotion. This morning I had no inspiration to write because while usually going through my pictures and writing helps me handle my grief on a daily basis, this morning that felt impossible until I came across this picture I took. 

The simple phrase “Given Life 𓏙𓋹,” that I’ve read thousands of times over the years gave me comfort. It is wild how a phrase uttered and written by people thousands of years ago, can bring comfort to me today. The power of words, language, and ideas never cease to astound me.

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Canopic Jars (Video)

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The Four Sons of Horus were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion – usually in a funerary aspect. During the process of mummification 𓋴𓂧𓐍𓅱𓐎 (which took about 70 𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆 days), the embalmers removed the internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and placed them in Canopic Jars. Each of the four 𓏽 jars was for one of the major internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and each jar had a different head which represented one of the four Sons of Horus. Qebehsenuef 𓏁𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑𓀭 (falcon head) held/protected the intestines 𓈖𓊪𓅮𓄿𓏲𓏼. Hapi 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓇌𓀭 (baboon head) held/protected the lungs 𓊃𓌴𓄥𓅱𓄺 Duamutef 𓇼𓅐𓏏𓆑𓀭 (jackal head) held/protected the stomach 𓂋𓄣𓏻 Imseti 𓇋𓅓𓊃𓍿𓀭 (human head) held/protected the liver 𓅓𓊃𓏏𓄹𓏸𓏸𓏸 For some reason the captions are not working I apologize!! #ancientEgypt #egyptianhistory #egyptologist #egyptology #historytok #themummy1999 #metropolitanmuseumofart #canopicjars #egyptianmythology

♬ original sound – ancientegyptblog Nicole Lesar

The Four Sons of Horus were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion – usually in a funerary aspect. 

During the process of mummification 𓋴𓂧𓐍𓅱𓐎 (which took about 70 𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆 days), the embalmers removed the internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and placed them in Canopic Jars. Each of the four 𓏽 jars was for one of the major internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and each jar had a different head which represented one of the four Sons of Horus.

Qebehsenuef 𓏁𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑𓀭 (falcon head) held/protected the intestines 𓈖𓊪𓅮𓄿𓏲𓏼. 

Hapi 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓇌𓀭 (baboon head) held/protected the lungs 𓊃𓌴𓄥𓅱𓄺

Duamutef 𓇼𓅐𓏏𓆑𓀭 (jackal head) held/protected the stomach 𓂋𓄣𓏻

Imseti 𓇋𓅓𓊃𓍿𓀭 (human head) held/protected the liver 𓅓𓊃𓏏𓄹𓏸𓏸𓏸