Cartonnage



Hilton Price Number
HP32
Current Location
Manchester Museum
Museum Accession Number
NO ACQUISITION NUMBER
Object Type
Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage
Material
Cartonnage
Provenance
Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
Measurements
7 inches | 4 ½ inches
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian
Divine Name
Hapy (son of Horus) | Imsety | Isis | Nephthys

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Description

Cartonnage; a piece from the breast of a mummy, with a vignette representing a mummy laid out upon a bier in the form of a lion, with four sepulchralor canopic vases beneath it. Above is the soul in the form of the human-headed hawk; on the right side of it is the khaibit or shade, and upon the left the sun shedding its rays; upon the right side of the bier is Isis standing in the attitude of adoration, attended by Ḥāpi, the second genius of Ȧmenta; on the left side is Nephthys in like attitude, attended by Ȧmset, the first genius of Ȧmenta. 7 in | 4½ in. Thebes.

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.

Last modified: 09 Sep 2021

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