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Are the heads actually present?
The four sons of Horus were/are:
1. Qebsennuf – hawk headed – protected the liver
2. Daumadef – jackal headed – protected the lungs
3. Hapi – ape/baboon headed – protected the intestines
4. Amset (Mestha) – human headed – protected the stomach
There are variations in the spelling of the names.
See:
1.
Blanchard, R.H. Handbook of
Egyptian Gods and Mummy
Amulets, Cairo, 1909 (Attic Books re-print, nd): page 14, Figs. 94 to 98.
2.
Petrie, W.M.F.
Amulets,
London, 1914: pages 39 and 40, Plate XXXII
3.
Reisner, G.A.
Amulets II, Service
des Antiquités de L’
Egypté,
Catalogue Général
des Antiquités Egyptiennes du
Musée du Caire, Nos 12528-13595, Le Caire, Imprimerie de L’Institute Français, D’archéologie oriental, Cairo, 1958: Nos. 13437 to 13496, Plates XVII, XVIII, and
XXX.
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