ECL-Bn.13:33-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.13:33-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Egyptian mummy case
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
See Bn. 13 no. 36 for detail
Description
Content (description)
Four views of the mummy are given: front, side view of front, view of the inside with the body in position, and back view.
On the shoulders of the effigy are griffin heads with a sphere, and on its chest an elaborate collar, beneath which is a figure with outspread wings flanked by kneeling females. The lower front is covered with hieroglyphics, a detail of which is given in Bn. 13. No.36. On the back stands a female holding fillets (?) in each hand and with a falcon-god perched on her head. Numbered key to the four different views along the lower edge.
Beneath is the inscription: Cadaver balsamo conditum, simul cum Loculo ferali, [Greek........], Pictura hieroglyphica/ pulcherrime insignito. Ex vetustis Aegypti Sepulchretis sublatum Londinum attulit D. Giul. Lethieullier C.V sc.
On the shoulders of the effigy are griffin heads with a sphere, and on its chest an elaborate collar, beneath which is a figure with outspread wings flanked by kneeling females. The lower front is covered with hieroglyphics, a detail of which is given in Bn. 13. No.36. On the back stands a female holding fillets (?) in each hand and with a falcon-god perched on her head. Numbered key to the four different views along the lower edge.
Beneath is the inscription: Cadaver balsamo conditum, simul cum Loculo ferali, [Greek........], Pictura hieroglyphica/ pulcherrime insignito. Ex vetustis Aegypti Sepulchretis sublatum Londinum attulit D. Giul. Lethieullier C.V sc.
Content (object)
mummy
Dimensions
height (actual size): 482mm
width (actual size): 604mm
width (actual size): 604mm
Inscription
See Description
Materials & techniques note
copper engraving on paper
Production
Person
Vertue, George, 1684 - 1756 (Engraver)
Date
c.1710-1730