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Pectoral Cartonnage Element

Pectoral Cartonnage Element

Culture: Egyptian

Date: 2nd - 1st Century BC (Late Ptolemaic Period)
Medium: linen, plaster, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (32.4 x 26.4 cm)
Credit Line:Gift, Given in memory of Marion Kozloff
Object number: 2013.17.2.1
Cartonnage element (pectoral), brightly painted with a uraeus-flanked solar disk above a beaded broad collar with falcon terminals, the goddess Nut kneeling below, her wings outstretched, a single plume (feather of Maat) in each hand, a symbol of truth and justice.
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