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Fragment of a mortuary covering

Fragment of a mortuary covering
 Ptolemaic Period – Roman Period 332 BCE-395 CE

Medium
painted gesso on cartonnage
Measurements
13.8 × 16.8 × 1.5 cm irreg.
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
15G-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
Section of cartonnage depicting a bark holding a shrine with bolted door and Horus standing to one side. The bark is being towed along by a priest or temple attendant.