Ancient Egyptian Painted Funerary Textile Fragment with a recessed drill hole

with a recessed drill hole for suspension

followed by references to Osiris and identifying the owner as a chantress of Amun

or medicinal preparations

while a vertical column of hieroglyphs runs down the front of the body

circa AD 105–147

Ancient Egyptian Painted Funerary Textile Fragment with a recessed drill holeAncient Egyptian Painted Funerary Textile Fragment Late Period, ca. 664332 BCE Beautiful painted linen funerary textile fragment depicting a winged scarab beneath the solar disk. The scarab represented Khepri, the rising sun and the daily cycle of rebirth, while its outstretched wings symbolized divine protection. Such textiles adorned mummies and funerary equipment, helping ensure the deceased's safe journey into the afterlife. The fragment preserves