Painted Shroud Fragment, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 1st century BC–1st century AD, From Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in); W. 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in); Framed: H. 44 cm (17 5/16 in.); W. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.); D. 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.), As wife and sister of Osiris, Isis and Nephthys were twinned in funerary beliefs. These heads of the two goddesses come from a single linen shroud, which probably showed them raising their arms in a gesture of care and reverence on either side of the frontal, mummified image of Osiris
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Painted Shroud Fragment, Ptolemaic, Roman Period, 1st century BC–1st AD, Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H, 38 cm, 14 15/16, W, 30.2, 11 7/8, Framed, 44, 17 5/16, 36 3/16, D, 4.4, 1 3/4, wife, sister, Osiris, Isis, Nephthys, twinned, funerary beliefs, heads, two goddesses, single linen, shroud, showed, raising, arms, gesture, care, reverence, side, frontal, mummified image
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