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Fragment of a mortuary covering

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

Medium
painted gesso on cartonnage

Measurements
13.8 × 16.8 × 1.5 cm irreg.

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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
15G-D1A

Department
Antiquities

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.

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