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カノポス壺 (カノポスつぼ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

カノポス壺つぼ

also: カノプスつぼ · カノープスつぼ

Meanings

1

noun

Canopic jar; Canopic vase

Refers to the ancient Egyptian funerary vessel used to store the internal organs of a mummy.

ツタンカーメン王おうの墓はかからは、美うつくしいカノポス壺つぼが発はっ見けんされた。
Beautiful Canopic jars were discovered in the tomb of King Tutankhamun.
カノポス壺つぼには、それぞれ異ことなる神かみの頭あたまが蓋ふたについている。
Canopic jars have lids shaped like the heads of different gods.

Written forms

カノポス壺つぼ
Standard spelling; カノポス is the most common Japanese rendering of Canopus.
カノプス壺つぼ
Variant spelling using カノプス, also seen in Japanese sources.
カノープス壺つぼ
Search-only form; the long vowel spelling is less common for this term.
カノプスつぼ

Kanji

壺jar, pot

Etymology

From the name of the ancient Egyptian city Canopus (カノポス), where such jars were first studied or associated with the god Osiris in Canopic form.