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Cartonnage?

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Possibly cartonnage, as linen can be seen with a top layer of papyrus. It is uncertain whether this represents the ancient product, cartonnage - a material made from layers of linen or papyrus, plastered over to form a flexible surface for body-casings - or a modern concoction from ancient elements. The papyrus bears the painted figure of a jackal-headed mummiform god, to the left of columns of carefully outlined hieroglyphs, characteristic of the Book of the Dead in the late Ptolemaic Period.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

L1030:132

Dating

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD ?

Archaeological Site

THEBES: WEST BANK

Category

COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS/CARTONNAGE ?

Material

PAPYRUS; LINEN

Technique

PAINTED

Width

12 cm

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