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Researchers determined the object was the lid of a canopic jar dedicated to the funerary god Imsety, containing the liver of a mummified person.

From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2022

Customs and Border Protection says they intercepted the Egyptian canopic jar lid of the funeral deity named Imsety on Aug. 17.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2022

I figure, self-repairing nano-based canopic jar, mass enough to feed it—say, a trillion-ton asteroid—and a lot of solitude when the time comes around.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory