Related to an ancient Egyptian belief; the goldenof the face gives divinity to
the dead person through a magical power to transfer divinity to the wearer.
1. The cartonnage apron was made to cover the legs of child’s mummy.
The upper part is decorated with the "khker" motives, which provides
protection. On the lower part a scene of the "four sons of Horus" is
depicted on a yellow background. These four deities’ function was to
protect the viscera of the deceased after embalming and accompany
the mummified body. They normally take the form of a standing
mummy and could be identified by the shape of the head and they
are: “Duamutef” with the head of a jackal, “Qebehsenuef” with the
head of a hawk, “Imsety” which takes the complete human shape, and
finally “Hapi” with the head of a baboon. As for the cartonnage of the
feet, its size is small and painted with the same colours ofthe apron
which confirms that it covered the feet of the same mummy.
2. Painted Cartonnage Mask with Gilded Face for a woman, the wig was
three layers and its covered with geometrical and floral motifs all
over. Moreover, two identical figures of God of the other world
“Osiris” on the other sideis facing each other; are depicted on the two
frontal pieces of the wig appearing in sitting position upon a high
base wearing Atef crown.
3. Cartonnage Foot-case this piece has covered a mummy that its gender
is unknown; two identical of Mummification God “Anubis” are
depicted with a black line on the foot that was painted pink. The
frame of the case is decorated with some geometrical and floral
motives.
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