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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PAINTED WOOD PANEL FOR HESIMUT
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A PAINTED WOOD PANEL FOR HESIMUT
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712
From her sarcophagus, the exterior carefully painted with a central band of seven deities with accompanying heiroplyphic text, with a cobra frieze and a band of heiroglyphs in the upper registers, alternating tyet-knots and djed-pillars in the lower register, the interior with a seated baboon-headed deity holding an ankh-sign before a fully-laden offering table with two birds tied below, with seven vertical columns of text above containing a prayer requesting "a good burial" for "the deceased, the mistress of the house, [named] Hesimut, the justified"
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712
From her sarcophagus, the exterior carefully painted with a central band of seven deities with accompanying heiroplyphic text, with a cobra frieze and a band of heiroglyphs in the upper registers, alternating tyet-knots and djed-pillars in the lower register, the interior with a seated baboon-headed deity holding an ankh-sign before a fully-laden offering table with two birds tied below, with seven vertical columns of text above containing a prayer requesting "a good burial" for "the deceased, the mistress of the house, [named] Hesimut, the justified"
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high