Painted Shroud Fragment, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 1st century BC–1st century AD, From Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H. 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in); W. 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); Framed: H. 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.); W. 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.); D. 4.1 cm (1 5/8 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, 36.8 cm, 14 1/2, W, 31, 12 3/16, Framed, 43.5, 17 1/8, 36.5 3/8, D, 4.1, 1 5/8, 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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