All the decoration tells us something about ancient Egyptian religion. The falcon on top represents Sokar, a funerary god and picture on the sides show the chest’s owner worshipping Osiris, god of the afterlife; Ra-Horakhty, a combination of the gods Horus and Ra; four sons of Horus, each of whom guards one of the viscera traditional removed during mummification; the dyed pillar, which represents Osiris, and the tyet, which represents Isis. The painting is not as perfectly measured and precise as earlier Egyptian art, because Egyptian civilization was decaying when it was made.[citation needed]