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Anubis (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The god Anubis weighed the hearts of the dead and was also the god of embalming and tombs; at night, he kept guard over mummies.
Dynasty 26
Late (Saite) Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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