LOT 0003 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SARCOPHAGUS COVER FRAGMENT
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Saite Period, 26th Dynasty, Ca. 670-525 BCA large cedar wood sarcophagus panel covered in gesso and decorated with Nut to the centre with beautiful painted wings; underneath beside the three panels of hieroglyphs are decorated with deities including Hapi, Qebhefsenuef, Anubis and Khnum. Above Nut and on three horizontal panels are inscribed hieroglyphs translating top left "Words to be spoken by [...] , top right, "Words to be spoken by Nut the Great, who bore the gods [...]. Horizontal three columns: Words to Spoken by Imseti, Justified (Lit. True of Voice). May he give incense to Tjadihor. Words to be spoken by Duamutef, Justified! May he give goods/offerings(?) [...] An Offering which the king gives to Osiris, foremost of the West, The Great God,Lord of Abydos. May he give an incantation offering (consisting) of breed, beer, oxen, fowl, incense, Egyptian alabaster, clothing , for the burial [of ...]. Words to be spoken by Hapi, Justified" May he give unguent, Egyptian alabaster, and cloth to Tjadihor. Words to be spoken by Qebehsenuef. May he give [...].Size: L:With Frame: 1054mm / Without Frame: 860mm W:With Frame 511mm /Without frame:268mm ; 4KgProvenance: Property of a London gallery; formerly in the collection of a New Orleans collector; formerly acquired in Egypt in the early 1950s; Gary Hendershott Museum; Claude Harkins.
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