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

Medium
painted gesso on cartonnage

Measurements
15.5 × 24.5 × 1.0 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
15D-D1A

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Partial section of cartonnage depicting figures of the goddess Isis (right side) and Nephthys (left side), both with arms raised in adoration.