Iconography

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Pleiades / As a leg
Astronomy and astrology / Stars / Named stars / Sirius (Alpha Canis Maioris)

PRE-CLASSICAL ICONOGRAPHY

Egypt / Religious Iconography / Deities A-Z / Nut
Egypt / Religious Iconography / Deities A-Z / Osiris / Egyptian representations
Egypt / Religious Iconography / Deities A-Z / Sopdet
Egypt / Secular Iconography / Death and Burial / Coffins

Further details

From Asyut; showing Nut holding the heavens, the Pleiades, Osiris and Sopdet (Sirius)

Artist or creator

Ancient Egyptian

Date

2160 BC (circa) - 2025 BC 9th - 10th dynasties

Location

Hildesheim, Roemer- und-Pelizaeus-Museum

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
IIIF manifest for this object