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An Egyptian polychrome painted wood sarcophagus fragment for Iah-ir-dis
Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.
Composed of the leg area of a coffin with profile figures of the four Sons of Horus in a column on either side, the columns of text with funerary offerings specified as 'incense, clothing, unguent, water, (food)-offerings, a goodly burial, and all good things' for the deceased an untitled man called Iah-ir-dis, son of a man called Pen-maiw, and born to a 'Lady of the House called Senbes', with offerings asked of Osiris and a goddess who is 'Great and Divine Mother', probably Isis, 23in (58.5cm) long
Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.
Composed of the leg area of a coffin with profile figures of the four Sons of Horus in a column on either side, the columns of text with funerary offerings specified as 'incense, clothing, unguent, water, (food)-offerings, a goodly burial, and all good things' for the deceased an untitled man called Iah-ir-dis, son of a man called Pen-maiw, and born to a 'Lady of the House called Senbes', with offerings asked of Osiris and a goddess who is 'Great and Divine Mother', probably Isis, 23in (58.5cm) long
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Provenance:
Acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on 03 December 1980.
Gift of Mr and Mrs Ronald Berger.
























