Drawings Egyptian deities
Object number
LDSAL2020.19.101
Artist/Designer/Maker
Pettigrew, Thomas Joseph - Attributed To
Production date
1838
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash
Pen
Ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 326mm
Width: 238mm
Width: 238mm
Location
Burlington House - Library
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Emblem of Phra & Scarabeus found upon the Breast of the Mummy of Pet-maut-iohmes.
Inscription content
fig 3
fig 1
fig 1
References
Reference (free text)
T J Pettrigrew, 'Account of the Examination of the Mummy of Pet-Maut-Ioh-Mes, Brought from Egypt by the late John Gosset, Esq. and Deposited in the Museum in the Island of Jersey', Archaeologia 27 (1838): 262-73.Illustration (Engraving), figs. 1 and 2, pl. XXI, opp. p. 268.
Pen, ink, and wash drawing on paper. The drawing shows a figure of a falcon (in this case probably the symbol of the god Re), and two views of a scarab.
Pen, ink, and wash drawing on paper. The drawing shows a figure of a falcon (in this case probably the symbol of the god Re), and two views of a scarab.
The objects shown in the drawing were found on the mummy found in the mummy case shown in LDSAL2020.19.90 and LDSAL2020.19.91.
The mummy case was brought from Egypt to Jersey by John Gosset in 1835. This is one of four drawings of the mummy case and its contents in the Society's 'Eastern Antiquities' album. The others are
LDSAL2020.19.90, LDSAL2020.19.91, and LDSAL2020.19.99.
A handwritten inscription on the drawing reads:
Emblem of Phra & Scarabeus found upon the Breast of the Mummy of Pet-maut-iohmes.
The objects shown in the drawing were found on the mummy found in the mummy case shown in LDSAL2020.19.90 and LDSAL2020.19.91.
The mummy case was brought from Egypt to Jersey by John Gosset in 1835. This is one of four drawings of the mummy case and its contents in the Society's 'Eastern Antiquities' album. The others are
LDSAL2020.19.90, LDSAL2020.19.91, and LDSAL2020.19.99.
A handwritten inscription on the drawing reads:
Emblem of Phra & Scarabeus found upon the Breast of the Mummy of Pet-maut-iohmes.
