shroud

This piece of painted material belongs to the category of "shrouds" and "votive cloths" which have been found in the funerary temple of Montuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari. The majority of fabrics show the male or female owner in the middle of presenting offerings to the <A HREF="God">goddess</A> Hathor. According to the iconographic details, one distinguishes different groups. The Brussels example belongs to the group which depicts the cow-goddess in a processional barque. Three small columns of hieroglyphs, which surmount the scene, mention the name of the owner and of the local <A HREF="God">goddess</A>.

DEIR EL-BAHARI

NEW KINGDOM: 18TH DYNASTY

L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 46 nº 162

Van dieren en mensen. Getuigenissen uit Prehistorie en Oudheid - Des animaux et des hommes. Témoignages de la Préhistoire et de l'Antiquité (Exposition), Bruxelles 1988, 178 nº 177

G. Pinch, Votive Offerings to Hathor, Oxford 1993, 111

KMKG - MRAH

Inventory number

E.2541

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