Painting (P.Duk.inv. 588 (b))

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150 dpi image of 588-1of2

150 dpi image of 588-2of2

Catalogue Record

Title: Painting (drawing), [2nd cent. B.C.]
Subject: Gods, Egyptian --Art --332-30 B.C.
	Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
	Subliterary papyri --Egypt --332-30 B.C.
Material: 1 item : papyrus, two large fragments which do not
	join, covered with blue, red and black paint, mounted
	in two frames of glass.
Note: Dimensions of fragments are 24.8 x 15.7 cm. or smaller.
	Painted along the fibers on the recto.
	Extracted from mummy cartonnage with P.Duk.inv. 589-597.
	P.Duk.inv. 588 (b) was formerly P.Duk.inv. 71 0 and
	P.Duk.inv. 71 1.
	Papyrus painting on strips of mummy cartonnage from
	the Arsinoites(?) (modern name: Fayyum), Egypt. Has
	representations of the four sons of Horus as canopic gods.
	One strip has a documentary text in Greek (P.Duk.inv. 588 (a)).
	Descriptive database available in repository.

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