Canopic jar
/kəˈnəʊpɪk/(亦作Canopic vase)
noun
- a covered urn used in ancient Egyptian burials to hold the entrails and other visceral organs from an embalmed body礼葬瓮(在古埃及葬礼中用来盛放制成木乃伊的死者内脏等器官)。
词源
late 19th cent.: Canopic from Latin Canopicus, from Canopus, the name of a town in ancient Egypt.