Cartonnage
- Hilton Price Number
- HP34
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage
- Material
- Cartonnage
- Measurements
- 4¼ inches | 8½ inches
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Divine Name
- Nut
Licensing details
- Description
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Cartonnage; a pectoral from the breast of a mummy, representing the goddess Nut, kneeling, wearing the disk of the sun upon her head, with outspread wings; in her hands she holds the emblem of Maāt, a flail and the ānch. Upon each side of Nut is the soul in the form of a human-headed hawk, with the feather infront, emblem of Maāt, in the attitude of adoration; behind these figures is the khaibit, in the form of a fan or shade. 4¼ in. | 8½ in.
- Bibliography
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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.
- Buyer
- Barnard
- Former Owner
- Frederick George Hilton Price (1842–1909)
- Last modified: 28 Jul 2021