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Description: | Painted linen shroud, which would originally have been wrapped around the lower body of an adult male mummy. The background of the shroud is pink, with blue paint used for the lines that divide the composition. Each figure has been drawn on in black and covered in gold leaf. The style of the shroud is similar to shrouds found at Hawara and other cemeteries in the Faiyum.
The top portion of the shroud is damaged, with a gap of about 15.0 cm missing between the bottom of its scene and the rest of the shroud. The top portion has a winged goddess (Nut) at the centre; on either side of her, the deeased man is shown offering to falcon- and human-headed forms of the god Osiris.
The main part of the shroud is divided into two long scenes on either side, which would have run the length of the mummy, and five shorter registers, one on top of the other, in the centre.
The centre scenes depict, from top to bottom:
1. Osiris with the body of a djed-pillar, flanked on the left by Thoth and a priest (or the deceased?) and on the right by Anubis and the deceased.
2. Horus and Thoth with the balance used to judge the dead.
3. Horus and Thoth pouring holy water over the deceased, who is naked to represent his rebirth.
4. Isis and Nephthys mourning, while Anubis prepares a mummy on a funerary bier.
5. Four squatting figures, holding the feather of justice.
Technique: Painted, Material: Linen, Paint | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.106276 | Go to resource |
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