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Fragment of a mortuary covering
Ptolemaic Period – Roman Period 332 BCE-395 CE

Medium
painted gesso on cartonnage

Measurements
24.5 × 15.6 × 5.0 cm irreg.

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
15C-D1A

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Section of cartonnage depicting a Djed pillar, surmounted by the solar disk, resting on the hieroglyphic sign for gold. Before the Djed pillar stands the goddess Isis with uplifted hands; in front of her is a libation stand and behind her an ostrich feather, the symbol of maaty (truth, justice and harmony of the universe), on a standard.