By Jacqueline Engel
This flat lid lay on the mummy of the Amon priest Amenhotep.
The goddess of heaven Nut, spreading her wings protectively over the dead. (Click the picture open to see her)
Nut also helps the dead to be reborn: he is considered her own son Osiris.
Shelf cover; wood;
Thebes;
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty (1076-944 BC)
RMO Leiden Holland
LA CIVILTA' EGIZIA 