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Description: | Fragment of linen shroud decorated with painting of snake and woman kneeling and mourning (on the left) representing Isis or Nepythys (probably Isis). On the right is the top part of the arm with sign of Neith thereon, part of the collar and hair of the central figure. C. 55x49cm. The kneeling woman is similar to that shown in EC173. See also EC175. This is part of a woman's shroud dating to the second century AD. At this period deceased women were often associated with Hathor, rather than Osiris. The coils of Hathor's hair can be seen on the right. She wears a decorated sleeve and rossettes over her breasts. For similar shrouds see- Christina Riggs 2005 'The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt. Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion' Oxford University Press, 191-196. This appears to be a Soter-type shroud. | 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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