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

Medium
painted gesso on cartonnage
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
painted gesso on cartonnage
Measurements
13.8 × 16.8 × 1.5 cm irreg.
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
15G-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Section of cartonnage depicting a bark holding a shrine with bolted door and Horus standing to one side. The bark is being towed along by a priest or temple attendant.