Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · architecture

Fragment of Cartonnage from Breast of Mummy

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Accession: 37.1531E
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 22 to Dynasty 25 (probably)
Date: ca. 945–656 B.C.E.
Date range: 945 BCE – 656 BCE
Materials: ['Cartonnage', 'pigment']
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 27.1 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Fragment of Cartonnage from Breast of Mummy (37.1531E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18917

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Object Label: After death, Egyptians hoped to merge with both the sun-god Re and the king of the dead, Osiris. The deity resulting from the fusion of these two gods was called Re-Osiris. He was represented as a ram with horns and a sun disk on his head. This image was sometimes added to a coffin to help the deceased join with the gods. The deceased merged with the sun-god Re to travel with the sun across the sky to the West, where the entrance to the afterlife was thought to lie. The departed combined with Osiris, king of the afterlife, to live eternally in the next world. Caption: Fragment of Cartonnage from Breast of Mummy, ca. 945–656 B.C.E.. Cartonnage, pigment, 9 1/4 x 10 11/16 x 1/4 in. (23.5 x 27.1 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1531E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A colorful depiction of a winged deity in ancient Egyptian style.

The artifact exhibits vibrant colors with a prominent central figure depicted with outstretched wings. The style is characteristic of ancient Egyptian art, with detailed geometric patterns surrounding the deity, possibly symbolizing protection. The composition includes a mixture of green, orange, and blue hues, suggesting the use of various materials.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary

Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt

Deities Osiris

Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1531E tier-2
BKM-Object 118058 tier-2

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