Falcon sarcophagus
Falcon sarcophagus
3D
Published 2018-01-23T15:25:43+00:00
The sarcophagus is gilded and decorated with a turquoise tripartite wig and a broad collar with a lotus flower and falcon-headed terminals, the body with a sacred ankh symbol flanked by uraei (cobras), with eight columns of hieroglyphs.
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| Date published | 23/01/2018 |
| Complexity | Easy |
| Title | Falcon sarcophagus |
| Date | 323-30 BC |
| Dimension | Height: 48.5 cm |
| Accession | MMoCA813 |
| Period | Ptolemaic Period |
| Medium | Polychrome wood |
| Credit | Mougins Museum of Classical Art |
| Record | https://www.mouginsmusee.com/en |
| Place | Mougins Museum of Classical Art |
