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LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD 664-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SARCOPHAGUS LID
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
664-30 B.C.
Depicted mummiform on an integral base, wearing a tripartite wig and a divine false beard, the wide face with large convex almond-shaped eyes, the upper lids, cosmetic lines and brows in relief, the ears prominent, with three columns of hieroglyphic text containing standard funerary prayers
59 7/8 in. (152 cm) high
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
664-30 B.C.
Depicted mummiform on an integral base, wearing a tripartite wig and a divine false beard, the wide face with large convex almond-shaped eyes, the upper lids, cosmetic lines and brows in relief, the ears prominent, with three columns of hieroglyphic text containing standard funerary prayers
59 7/8 in. (152 cm) high
Provenance
European Private Collection