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Description: | Pylon-shaped funerary pectoral in siltstone; the cornice perforated three times each at left and right ends from top edge. decoration on both sides filled in with pale paste; upper side with scarab in high relief, incised clypius, feathering of legs, elytra division, shoulder marks, and on pronotum a benu-bird facing right. To either side of the scarab are sunk relief figures of standing goddes in adoration - left Isis, right Nepthys- and below a boat. On under side, incised panel enclosing scene of Wenennefer, right, adoring mummiform standing Osiris, left, with central oval enclosing four lines of hieroglyphs giving the start of Chapter 30 of the Book of the Dead. Above five vertical lines of hieroglyphs name the deceased and the god. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=Dynasty 19; start=-1295; end=-1186 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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