Card/Transcription No.: 266-01

266. THE CANOPIC EQUIPMENT. 1

The canopic equipment, stood against the centre of the east wall of the Treasury, includes a
wooden canopy supported by four corner posts upon a wooden sledge; under the canopy a
wooden shrine-shaped chest and four free-standing wooden statuettes of the tutelary goddesses
Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selket; underneath the chest an alabaster (calcite) shrine-shaped
lidded box standing upon a small wooden sledge and housing four jar-like receptacles; in each
of the four receptacles a miniature gold coffin containing the viscera of the king preserved
mummiform.

The canopy, chest and lidded box faced west.