Fragment of cartonnage depicting three deities
Ptolemaic Period--Roman Period
Not on view
Designed to encase a mummy, this cartonnage is composed of about seven layers of linen plastered together to form a hard shell. Visible on this fragment are three gods: at the right is the creator god Atum in the double crown; followed by the ram-headed god Khnum; and then Hapy, personification of the fertility brought by the Nile River. An inscription in roughly-sketched hieroglyphs runs from right to left in the band above their heads. The somewhat awkward style of the figures reflects the period from which this fragment dates.
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