Descripción : ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED FOOT
Dayr al-Barsha, Middle Egypt
This remarkable artifact is the actual foot of a human Egyptian mummy, originally retrieved from a plundered tomb dating to around 2050 BCE, the period of the Old Kingdom, when the pyramids were first being built. The tomb was located in a shaft cut in the rock of a vast necropolis on the southern hill of Dayr al-Barsha, and the mummy was probably destroyed by grave-robbers in search of jewelry wrapped in the linen. The foot is of small size, and is partially wrapped in a good portion of the linen, from which the slender, blackened toes emerge, complete with nails, approximately 5 inches long overall, presented on a wood and brass display stand.
Precio: 6 875.00 USD🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito.
Estimación (baja/alta) : 5000 USD-7000 USD🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito.
Sobre el lote Lote N° 200 Título : Ancient Egyptian Mummified Foot I.M. Chait Gallery, subastador, Los Angeles, US🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito. Título de venta : IMPORTANT NATURAL HISTORY AUCTION Fecha de la venta : 04/05/2013🔓Sin tarjeta de crédito. Referencia de la subasta : Live Sale