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<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg)
Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg)
<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg)

<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Eb_PS9.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Eb_PS9.jpg)

<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Eb_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Eb_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Eb_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Eb_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Ea-c_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Ea-c_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Eb_overall.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Eb_overall.jpg)

<em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Ea_overall.jpg)

Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1815Ea_overall.jpg)

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Funerary Shroud

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Linen, pigment, gold leaf
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES 1st century B.C.E. or later
    PERIOD Late Ptolemaic to Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm) 37.1815Eb: 26 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (68 x 34 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1815Ea-b
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A piece of fine linen, painted and gilded and decorated with black, white and red. Larger piece shows decoration for upper half of body: neck painted pink with gilt beard, broad collar over which a gold necklace hung suspending a lotus flower. Flail and handle of crook (?) are shorter and below an elaborate shrine with Isis and Nephthys adoring (Amon?). Second piece has scenes in 3 registers: 1) ploughing, 2) row of divinities, 3) 2 sphinxes. There is a column of inscription on left side which is selvedged. Fringe on bottom.
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    CAPTION Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2016
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    <em>Funerary Shroud</em>, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1815Ea_PS9.jpg)

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Egypt
    Linen
    Late Dynastic Period
    Fine Linen
    Textile
    Cloth
    Shroud
    Painted
    Gilded
    White
    Red
    Black
    Wings
    Flail
    Beard
    Collar
    Necklace
    Lotus flower
    Isis
    Nephthys
    Goddess
    Female
    Deity

    TAGS

    Egyptian
    Egypt
    Linen
    Late Dynastic Period
    Fine Linen
    Textile
    Cloth
    Shroud
    Painted
    Gilded
    White
    Red
    Black
    Wings
    Flail
    Beard
    Collar
    Necklace
    Lotus flower
    Isis
    Nephthys
    Goddess
    Female
    Deity

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