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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian; Ptolemaic Period
Title:Fragment of cartonnage with Re-Horakhty
Date Made:305-30 BCE
Materials:Pigment, substrate, and cloth
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:Overall: 4 9/16 in x 2 7/16 in x 1/8 in; 11.6 cm x 6.2 cm x .3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2005.19.7
Credit Line:Gift of Jean Lewis Keith
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Falcon-headed divinity, probably Re-Horakhty, with solar disk and cobra emblem on head. Seated, holding a divine scepter (symbolizing “power”) in outstretched arms. With red solar disk, blue wig, green body and scepter, yellow background. Decorative border and fragmentary hieroglyphic text in upper portion.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology

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