Shroud depicting a woman with a halo, wearing a broad collar.
Akhmim, 2nd century Egypt
In the Museum of Art and History, Geneva inv. no. D 0957
Information thanks to Marie Vandenbeusch twitter.com/MVandenbeusch
Museum description:
“acquired in 1895, was rediscovered in the Museum’s reserves in 1997 and restored by the tissue laboratory.
It constitutes the outer envelope of a woman’s mummy. The deceased is represented surrounded by bands, with the exception of the face, treated in the manner of Roman portraits from Egypt, which stands out against a halo. Hairdressing and jewelry are characteristic of the early 2nd century. The mummy is framed by traditional Egyptian deities (various forms of Osiris, Anubis, winged scarab and hawks) which testify to the vitality of the religious and philosophical traditions which were then manifested on the banks of the Nile.”