Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (19.2007(2010))

SAQQARA

EGYPT


Fig. 4. Upper Necropolis, Burial B.529 from
the Ptolemaic Period: wooden canopic
chest and figure of Ptah-Osiris-Sokar
lying atop the burial pit hewn in the
dakka layer (Photo J. Dqbrowski)


palm-leaf ribs housed a mummy laid E-W,
facing west. Complete cartonnages were
found on mummies in burials B.529 (poorly
preserved head-cover and wsh collar) and
B.534 (the same elements preserved), see
Z. Godziejewski’s conservation report below,
Figs 1, 2 on 227. Fragments of cartonnage
were observed on the burial B.512.
One of the late burials (B.529) was
found intact [Figs 4-5]. It contained a


Fig. 5. Wooden canopic chest (left) and wooden figure of Ptah-Osiris-Sokarfrom Burial B.529
(Photo J. Dqbrowski)

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