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Cartonnage panel of winged goddess

Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos

Medium/Technique Cartonnage panel
Dimensions Height x width 16.5 x 25.5 cm (6 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.831b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTomb equipmentMummy trappings

DescriptionThis cartonnage (painted, plaster-soaked linen) panel was part of mummy's trappings. The depicted figure is a kneeling, winged goddess with a sun disk atop her head and arms outstretched to spread her wings. Detailign of the wings is rednered as rosettes, dots, and stripes. Its present condition: the color is highly degraded with generally faint traces of painted detail (yellow, blue, and possibly white) amid heavy wear and brown discoloration. There are several tears and loose fragments.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government o Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund. (Accession Date: November 17, 1902)