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Description: | Fragment of linen Sokat type shroud stitched onto card, decorated with painting of Anubis, bottom left. In front of him on the right the person's foot can be seen. 57x 35cm. This probably dates to the 2nd century AD and is from the Theban area. Purchased by Wellcome as part of the Rustafjaell collection in 1906. For similar shrouds see- Christina Riggs 2005 'The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt. Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion' Oxford University Press, 191-196. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 100 AD-200 AD
Graeco Roman
Roman Period | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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