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Description: | Mummy cover made of linen and plaster (cartonnage), which would have been placed over the body of a wrapped mummy and held in place with additional linen wrappings. The surface is painted in red, blue, and green.
In the rectangular area at the top, the jackal-headed god Anubis stands at a lion-headed funerary bier with a mummy on top of it. Under the bier, there are four 'canopic' jars for the mummified organs, each representing one of the Four Sons of Horus.
The central stripe on the lower part of the mummy cover was meant for a hieroglyphic inscription, which was never added.
Technique: Painted, Material: Linen, Paint
Material: Plaster | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.100384 | Go to resource |
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