Ptolemaic Egyptian mummy-shaped coffin of Mes-per, 2-1st cent BC, Gamhud, Nekropolis. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna AS 6688. Close up of the godd

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Ptolemaic Egyptian mummy-shaped coffin of Mes-per, 2-1st cent BC, Gamhud, Nekropolis. Kunsthistorisches Muesum Vienna AS 6688. Close up of the goddess Nut with spread wings. The coffin has the partial remains of a mummy. Lid of the Mummy Coffin of the Mesper. The coffin lid was cut from a tree trunk and was hollowed out so that the mummy had room to fit in it. Typically of late period coffins and the place of manufacture it has a bulging front. At the foot end, the feet dressed in shoes are depicted. The mummy's mask was also gilded.

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Size: 6500px × 3852px
Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna ( Museum of Art History Vienna)
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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