Egyptian Museum, CairoDynasty XVIII, 1347-1237 B.C. Egyptian Museum, Cairo

This statue of Anubis in the form of a black jackal was found in the
entrance to the chamber known as the “treasury”, and was turned to
face the burial chamber. It rested upon a chest in the shape of a
temple or shrine, mounted upon a portable sledge with four carrying
poles. The statue is carved of wood which was then stuccoed and
coated with a black resin. The interior of the ears, the scarf and
the collar are gilded. Anubis is essentially a funerary god,
venerated as the lord of the necropolis. He guides the dead in the
next world, watches over them and is considered the inventor of
mummification. He is the one who introduces the deceased into the
tribunal of judges for the weighing of the heart. This statue was in
all probability borne in the funeral procession, and was later
deposited at the entrance to the chamber which held the canopic chest.
Thus it fulfills the guardian role of this god.

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