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Mummiform sarcophagus with the head of the falcon god Sokar (often associated with Osiris) He wears a tripartite wig and a multi-row necklace. It is decorated and inscribed. The first scene is illegible. A Nephthys can be seen extending her wings in the middle section. In the lower register, 6 columns of faded inscriptions. The features of the bird's head are underlined. Inside is a mummy of Osiris. It is composed of earth, sand, seeds and bitumen. The formulas refer to Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Wood, bitumen and yellow polychrome for the sarcophagus; seeds, organic materials and bitumen for the Osiris. Egypt, Late Ptolemaic (400-200 B.C.) 49 x 19 x 14 cm These sets were used and buried in ceremonies, invoking the rebirth of the God through the seeds' germ. Provenance : VDW Private Collection, Hoofddorp, Netherlands (established before 1983) An Egyptian Wooden and Bitumen Sarcophagus with Seker Falcon Head with a Mummy, Late to Ptolemaic Period

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Mummiform sarcophagus with the head of the falcon god Sokar (often associated with Osiris) He wears a tripartite wig and a multi-row necklace. It is decorated and inscribed. The first scene is illegible. A Nephthys can be seen extending her wings in the middle section. In the lower register, 6 columns of faded inscriptions. The features of the bird's head are underlined. Inside is a mummy of Osiris. It is composed of earth, sand, seeds and bitumen. The formulas refer to Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Wood, bitumen and yellow polychrome for the sarcophagus; seeds, organic materials and bitumen for the Osiris. Egypt, Late Ptolemaic (400-200 B.C.) 49 x 19 x 14 cm These sets were used and buried in ceremonies, invoking the rebirth of the God through the seeds' germ. Provenance : VDW Private Collection, Hoofddorp, Netherlands (established before 1983) An Egyptian Wooden and Bitumen Sarcophagus with Seker Falcon Head with a Mummy, Late to Ptolemaic Period

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