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Description: | Wooden coffin fragment with female winged goddess (Isis?) and wadjat eyes. Snake along bottom. Centre panel of an anthropoid coffin. The decoration was believed to aid the deceased's restoration to life from within the coils of the encircling serpent and protective embrace of the goddess Isis. The snake represents the non-existence which encompasses the world called by the Romans Ouroborus. 33.5cm long. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 664 B.C.-525 B.C.
Late Period, 26th 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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