AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD COFFIN PANEL
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 945-718 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD COFFIN PANEL THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 945-718 B.C. Depicting a funerary scene showing, from left to right, Thoth ('the lord of Truth'), Osiris ('the lord of Justification') and Waset ('the lady of the West'), the god of the underworld represented with green skin, standing mummiform, wearing an atef- crown and a beard, and holding a crook and flail, Waset standing behind with her hand on his shoulder, an ankh -cross in her right hand, wearing a modius, a broad collar and a close-fitting dress, Thoth wearing a tripartite wig, a false beard, a broad collar and a kilt with a strap across his chest, holding a writing palette in his hand, two water offerings on a pedestal surmounted by lotus flowers between, and an Imiut fetish, two vertical inscriptions framing the scene, reading '(right column) Recitation by Thoth, Lord of the Divine Word, the Scribe of Maat (Truth) for the Ennead, (left column) the Osiris Akhupuy who is in his [tomb?...]', the arches of the mountains of the West above 20 in. (51 cm.) wide
AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD COFFIN PANEL
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 945-718 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD COFFIN PANEL THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 945-718 B.C. Depicting a funerary scene showing, from left to right, Thoth ('the lord of Truth'), Osiris ('the lord of Justification') and Waset ('the lady of the West'), the god of the underworld represented with green skin, standing mummiform, wearing an atef- crown and a beard, and holding a crook and flail, Waset standing behind with her hand on his shoulder, an ankh -cross in her right hand, wearing a modius, a broad collar and a close-fitting dress, Thoth wearing a tripartite wig, a false beard, a broad collar and a kilt with a strap across his chest, holding a writing palette in his hand, two water offerings on a pedestal surmounted by lotus flowers between, and an Imiut fetish, two vertical inscriptions framing the scene, reading '(right column) Recitation by Thoth, Lord of the Divine Word, the Scribe of Maat (Truth) for the Ennead, (left column) the Osiris Akhupuy who is in his [tomb?...]', the arches of the mountains of the West above 20 in. (51 cm.) wide
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