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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Details
TWO EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED FUNERARY WOOD JACKALS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
With separately attached ears and tail, mounted on a modern painted base; a painted wood funerary casket, the lid inscribed with htp-di-nsw for Isis with a modern wrapped mummy replica inside; a gesso-painted fragmentary Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure; a fragmentary mummified bird and animal parts
38.1 cm. max. (9)
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
With separately attached ears and tail, mounted on a modern painted base; a painted wood funerary casket, the lid inscribed with htp-di-nsw for Isis with a modern wrapped mummy replica inside; a gesso-painted fragmentary Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figure; a fragmentary mummified bird and animal parts
38.1 cm. max. (9)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
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