Cartonnage panel from mummy case of Ankhkhons

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		globalegyptianmuseum