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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2963204, member: 56859&quot;]Canopus was a city on the Nile delta.&nbsp; In that city, Ptolemy III built a temple to Osiris and in that city Osiris was depicted as a vase-like or jar-like sculpture.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know more about this temple or the artifacts, but that general style of lidded funerary vase (jar topped by an animal or human head) was dubbed &quot;Canopic&quot; jar by modern Egyptologists because of the resemblance to these artifacts of Osiris found in the town of Canopus.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know why Osiris was depicted in that form, nor do I know the significance of its appearance on this coin, but maybe I just haven&#039;t read enough <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the standard four funerary canopic jars, with heads of the four sons of Horus:</p><p><img src="http://www.sadighgallery.com/assets/images/Home%20Page/Sadigh%20Gallery%20Featured%20Canopic%20Jars.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://followinghadrian.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/34543292601_07c50e306c_h.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://followinghadrian.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/34543292601_07c50e306c_h.jpg" rel="nofollow"><font size="3">Image from Sadigh Gallery</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Imesty (the human headed jar) is for the liver;</p><p>Duamatef (jackal head) holds the stomach;</p><p>Hapy (baboon head-- the third one in the array shown above) is for the lungs;</p><p>Qubehsenuf (falcon headed jar) holds the intestines</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple more Roman Egypt coins in my collection depicting &quot;canopic jars&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_d6c50b3a3ca24add9f6d16be88795bdd%25257Emv2.jpg%2526hash%253D80a8cdf4731d3456bbd841c38bf3c659%26hash%3Dc55bcc3599bbc6113a2210076d5713de&amp;hash=953e87960814e191d0dbecec9f68b296" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>year 11, CE 126/7</p><p>billon tetradrachm, 26 mm, 12.6 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTKAITPAI AΔPIACEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev: L ENΔ EKATOV: Canopus of Osiris right</p><p>Ref: Emmett 827.11, R3; Milne 1205</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_47b39362ebc940b0b57af603449f184d%25257Emv2.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_85%25252Fae43f8_47b39362ebc940b0b57af603449f184d%25257Emv2.jpg%2526hash%253De80ccc802919b664a1e761a418e0d078%26hash%3D052f6798e1bf232589267ad3169407e4&amp;hash=f7c496ed52b914c78d38784a4cdd1984" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Hadrian</b></p><p>year 18, CE 133/4</p><p>Æ drachm, 26.4 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AYT KAIC TPAIAN (A∆PIANOC CEB), laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Canopic jars facing; L I H across fields</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 933.18, R1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That A-Pi Canopic jar tet came from a Triskeles auction, 2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>A Canopus of Osiris from Hadrian&#039;s Villa:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://followinghadrian.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/34543292601_07c50e306c_h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">The God Osiris-Canopus, from Hadrian’s Villa, 131-138 AD. Vatican Museums (Gregoriano Egizio); from <a href="https://followinghadrian.com/2017/05/16/art-and-sculptures-from-hadrians-villa-osiris-canopus-jar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://followinghadrian.com/2017/05/16/art-and-sculptures-from-hadrians-villa-osiris-canopus-jar/" rel="nofollow">FollowingHadrian.com</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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