| 单词 | canopic jar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCanopic jar Of or relating to the ancient city of Canopus. Canopic jar, Canopic vase: a vase used in ancient Egypt, chiefly for holding the entrails of embalmed bodies. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > jar for entrails of mummies Canopus1836 Canopic jar1878 1878 J. G. Wilkinson Manners & Customs Anc. Egyptians III. Index Canopic vases. 1883 W. Armstrong tr. G. Perrot Art Anc. Egypt I. 301 The canopic vases..were sometimes of stone, especially alabaster, sometimes of terra cotta, and now and then of wood, and were used to hold the viscera of the deceased. 1893 E. A. T. W. Budge Mummy 171 At each of the four corners or sides of the bier, is placed one of the so-called Canopic jars. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XV. 954/2 The internal organs were..placed in four vases known as the ‘Canopic Jars’. < as lemmas |
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