AN EGYPTIAN WOOD ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS Late Period, Dynasty XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C. Gessoed and painted, the deceased depicted wearing a feathered wig with scarab device, striped on the reverse, the broad collar with falcon terminals, the entire surface covered with brightly painted vignettes and divine figures together with their accompanying hieroglyphs, the principle being the kneeling winged image of the sky goddess, the deceased on a bier under the rays of Ra, a ba-bird to the left, and the erection by a goddess of an Osiris emblem in the necropolis, all on behalf of Ireteru, the son of Pa-di-Her and Taremenubet 70 7/8 in. (180 cm) high
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS Late Period, Dynasty XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C. Gessoed and painted, the deceased depicted wearing a feathered wig with scarab device, striped on the reverse, the broad collar with falcon terminals, the entire surface covered with brightly painted vignettes and divine figures together with their accompanying hieroglyphs, the principle being the kneeling winged image of the sky goddess, the deceased on a bier under the rays of Ra, a ba-bird to the left, and the erection by a goddess of an Osiris emblem in the necropolis, all on behalf of Ireteru, the son of Pa-di-Her and Taremenubet 70 7/8 in. (180 cm) high
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