domingo, 15 de noviembre de 2015

Cartonnage panel from mummy case of Ankhkhons

Cartonnage panel from mummy case of Ankhkhons
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Fragment from a richly painted cartonnage mummy-case of the 3rd Intermediate Period, for a member of the elite at Thebes named Ankhkhons.To the right stands a jackal-headed deity, probably Anubis, god of mummification, holding the sceptre of power and four ankh- signs of life. The column of hieroglyphs to the left reads: '...the rays of the sun-disc, may he (i.e. Ankhkhons) see Ra in his rising, Atum in [his] setting'.
Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number L1030:116
Dating 22ND DYNASTY
Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK
Category COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS PANEL
Material LINEN; GESSO
Technique PAINTED
Width 17.5 cm
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