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coffin fragment, cartonnage
Cartonnage fragment showing a double-winged animal wearing a solar disc. The animal bears the deceased on its tail. In front of it is an offerring table. The animal perhaps represents the ram headed-sun-god and/or one of the winds. A similar animal is shown on Soter's coffin (see Christina Riggs 2005, 'The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt. Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion' Oxford University Pre…
Type of item
- coffin fragment, cartonnage
Type of item
- coffin fragment, cartonnage
Providing institution
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W945
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:06:05.012Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:40.738Z