Body covering on painted canvas from Deir el-Bahri. These date to the Roman Period (220-270AD)

Shroud with three dimensional head of a woman. She is wearing wreath on her head and holds a cup in her right hand. She is wearing a tunic with wide clavi and a mantel over the top and heavy gold jewellery. The hem shows the henu-barque of Sokaris flanked by two seated jackals with iron keys around their necks. These are from a group of masks from Deir el Bahri of the mid-late 3rd century AD which show the head and torso of the deceased. Published by Christina Riggs in 'The Journal Of Egyptian Archaeology' Vol. 86, 2000, 121-144 and Christina Riggs 2005 'The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt. Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion' Oxford University Press, p239-240.

Collection

Egypt Centre, University of Swansea

Inventory Number

3543661

Title

Body covering on painted canvas from Deir el-Bahri. These date to the Roman Period (220-270AD)

Object Type

Image

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