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Description: | Part of coffin of the 25th Dynasty. In the Centre the goddess Isis is shown in the attitude of mourning and holding a folded cloth. Egyptologists believe this was probably a mummy bandage. The painter however, does not seem to have realised what the item is and only half is coloured. On either side of a figure the inscription quotes the assurance of Osiris that he will provide funerary offerings for the deceased, Heru. No parentage is given for Heru. The filling in of the hieroglyphs with white uniform background is typical of the 25th Dynasty. This is the head end of rectangular coffin (bottom part). This item was purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1927. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 747 B.C.-656 B.C.
Late Period, 25th Dynasty | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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