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Late Egyptian Dynasty Cartonage Mummy Case - PF.0226
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 712 BC to 30 BC

Catalogue: V1
Collection: Egyptian

Additional Information: SOLD

Location: United States

Description

This cartonage case wears a ram-headed winged pectoral grasping the signs for eternity in its outstretched talons. The tripartite wig is surmounted by a winged deity. The wooden face has painted eyes and eyebrows, and a long columnal inscription in the front painted in blue, red, yellow, cream and black on a white background. The inscription reads-- The King gives a boom to Osiris, foremost of the West, Lord of Abydos, ruler of gods forever, that he may give eternal peace to Hotep. - (PF.0226)

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