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A polychrome painted cartonnage fragment
showing part of the winged figure of the goddess Mut, wings held out in front, with wedjat-eye amulet between, details in blue and pink; a fragmentary part of a hieroglyphic inscription reading "...fair of limb...", repaired; and two cartonnage fragments of a sandal, each showing a central scorpion, the larger fragment with gilded scorpion and inscription above sandal reading "Oh, Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, Great God - and you, the Lords of the ... grant to the soul of the deceased offerings of cake and beer" -- 6 x 4¾in. (15.2 x 12cm.) approx. max., Ptolemaic, 3rd-1st Century B.C., all framed (3)
showing part of the winged figure of the goddess Mut, wings held out in front, with wedjat-eye amulet between, details in blue and pink; a fragmentary part of a hieroglyphic inscription reading "...fair of limb...", repaired; and two cartonnage fragments of a sandal, each showing a central scorpion, the larger fragment with gilded scorpion and inscription above sandal reading "Oh, Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, Great God - and you, the Lords of the ... grant to the soul of the deceased offerings of cake and beer" -- 6 x 4¾in. (15.2 x 12cm.) approx. max., Ptolemaic, 3rd-1st Century B.C., all framed (3)