Thursday, August 07, 2008

Daily Photo - Painted wooden panels in the Petrie


UC16311. Painted wood - head and shoulders of man with hieroglyph inscription 'keeper of the house of Jehuti-Hetep'. 18th Dynasty.



UC55138. Fragment of wood, plastered and painted in red and green on yellow background, varnished, being part of the floral collar motif on a coffin lid exterior surface. A relief solar disc in yellow-green is visible at the bottom edge. Patches of blue pigment . 21st Dynasty.



UC7924. Wooden panel with group of papyrus incised and inlayed with red and blue. Marked: 60 (paper label). 18th Dynasty.



UC55139. Wood square from a coffin (?) with flat top and bottom edges, angled lateral edges, from one of which two pegs protrude. Upper side painted with white background, yellow rectangular borders with red rectangle along top, and a schematic bird hieroglyph. Late Period?


Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology,
University College London

With my thanks

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