Shroud with Hathor and dedicant
Shroud with Hathor and dedicant
Shroud with Hathor and dedicant
Shroud with Hathor and dedicant

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Shroud with Hathor and dedicant

Egyptian
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1550–1070 BCE
y1943-68

Information

Title
Shroud with Hathor and dedicant
Dimensions
sight: 27.3 x 33.2 cm (10 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.) frame: 48.7 x 80.1 x 2 cm (19 3/16 x 31 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert E. McVitty, Class of 1898
Object Number
y1943-68
Place Made

Egypt, Deir El-Bahari

Culture
Egyptian (ancient)
Period
Nineteenth Dynasty
Type
paintings
Materials
linen (material), pigment
Subject
figures (representations), ankhs, deities, symbols of office

Said to be from the shrine of the goddess Hathor at Deir El-Bahari; sold at auction, no. 705, to Arthur B. Davies; given to the Museum by Albert E. McVitty in 1943

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