By Jacqueline Engel
The goddess Nut as a starry sky.
In the lid of the mummy box of Peftjaoeneith, the goddess Nut is depicted in her nocturnal form.
Her black skin is strewn with stars.
She swallows the red evening sun and gives birth to the crescent moon.
On either side are the twelve hours of the day (right with solar disk) and of the night (left with a star).
In this cycle of sun, moon and stars, the dead also hopes to be included.
See also: IL SARCOFAGO DI PEFTJAOENEITH
Wood.
Origin unknown.
Late Period. 26 Dyn. 664-525 BC Egypt
RMO LEIDEN.HOLLAND
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