Mummy Cover
Pectoral
| Object Number: | E352 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Egypt Illahun |
| Period: | Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 200 BCE |
| Early Date: | -200 |
| Late Date: | -200 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Linen Plaster Pigment |
| Iconography: | Nut Deceased Anubis Isis Nephthys |
| Height: | 39.05 cm |
| Width: | 31.75 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890 |
| Other Number: | ES352 - Original Number |
Description
Cartonnage Breast Cover for a mummy showing the sky goddess Nut with out-stretched wings. Below Nut is a scene of the deceased lying on a funerary bier being attended to by Anubis. On the left and right are the goddesses Isis and Nephthys.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Egyptian Mummies: Secrets and Science (27 Sep 1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Fishman, Bernard, and O'Connor, David B., and Silverman, David P., and Fleming, Stuart J. 1980. The Egyptian Mummy, Secrets and Science.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 9 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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