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Cartonnage panel from mummy case of Ankhkhons

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Fragment from a richly painted cartonnage mummy-case of the 3rd Intermediate Period, for a member of the elite at Thebes named Ankhkhons.To the right stands a jackal-headed deity, probably Anubis, god of mummification, holding the sceptre of power and four ankh- signs of life. The column of hieroglyphs to the left reads: '...the rays of the sun-disc, may he (i.e. Ankhkhons) see Ra in his rising, Atum in [his] setting'.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

L1030:116

Dating

22ND DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

THEBES: WEST BANK

Category

COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS PANEL

Material

LINEN; GESSO

Technique

PAINTED

Width

17.5 cm

Translation

Ankhkhons

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