Jars A set of jars which contained some of the internal organs removed from the deceased during mummification. Some examples include sets of four jars with different stoppers which protected specific organs - human headed Imsety (the liver), baboon-headed Hapy (lungs), jackal-headed Duamutef (stomach), and falcon-headed Qebehsenuef (intestines).

lidded vessels which held the vital organs of the dead body of the pharaoh as the corpse was being prepared for mummification

These are special jars. When a person is mummified, their insides are taken out and put in these jars. Four lidded vessels which held the vital organs of the dead body as the corpse was being prepared for mummification. These four vessels of urns contained the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines extracted from the body during mummification. The term comes from the Greek, Canopus, a demigod venerated in the form of a human headed jar.