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AN EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XII, 1070-712 B.C.
Inscribed in hieroglyphs in the single column of text between the legs for the Lady who is Iatirdis, represented in the first two registers as the kneeling and standing figure in the white garment, wearing a tripartite wig and broad collar, she is protected by the embracing wings of a ram-headed falcon whose talons project into the first eight distinct registers, a figure of the apis bull on the underside of the foot, 71in. (180.35cm.) long
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XII, 1070-712 B.C.
Inscribed in hieroglyphs in the single column of text between the legs for the Lady who is Iatirdis, represented in the first two registers as the kneeling and standing figure in the white garment, wearing a tripartite wig and broad collar, she is protected by the embracing wings of a ram-headed falcon whose talons project into the first eight distinct registers, a figure of the apis bull on the underside of the foot, 71in. (180.35cm.) long