During mummification, the stomach, liver, lungs, and intestines were usually removed from the body and preserved in separate container. Early Egyptologists naed these containers canopic jars after a Greek myth about a sailor named Canopus who died in Egypt and was later worshiped there in the form of a jar. Each jar represented the particular one of the four deities known as the Sons of Horus who was believed to protect the specific organ contained within: Daumutef for the stomach, Imseti for the liver, Hapi for the lungs, and Qebehsenuef for the intestines.
These fine canopic jars belonged to a man named Tjuli, a royal scribe and lector priest who was overseer of King Ramesses II's royal monuments. On each jar Tjuli is shown worshiping the deity represented by the jar.
