AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD ‘ANUBIS’ SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT, LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD ‘ANUBIS’ SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT, LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2012: “No. 718, Fragment of Egyptian Sacrophagus showing two Anubises, Late Period, Length 65 cm x Height 20 cm, Prov.: Belgian coll. ca. 1980, DD 2002” Gallery price: EUR 4,850 or approx. EUR 6,900 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. Egypt, 664-30 BC. Finely painted with two confronted recumbent black jackals representing Anubis, the god of embalming and protector of the dead. The upper corners and lower section of the panel inscribed with series of hieroglyphs. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Length 65 cm Anubis was the Egyptian deity of cemeteries and embalming as well as the protector of graves. As with any other culture or religion around the world, the Egyptians believed in paying respect to their dead. Therefore, they conducted elaborate ceremonies and mummification processes to help the deceased pass smoothly into the Afterlife. Anubis was the deity who played an important role in this journey. Depicted with the black head of a jackal, Anubis helped mummify Egyptians when they died. Jackals were associated with death, because they lurked around cemeteries and would eat decomposing flesh. Therefore, by making Anubis the patron deity of jackals, the Egyptians hoped to protect the bodies from being devoured. In addition, as recorded in the Book of the Dead (The Book of Going Forth by Day) Anubis’s other job was to stand in the Hall of the Two Truths and weigh the hearts of people seeking judgment. Literature comparison: Compare a closely related cartonnage element depicting confronting Anubis, Ptolemaic Period, dated 200-30 BC, part of the mummy of Nesmin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 86.1.51. See also a similar detail on the sarcophagus of Lady Ta'an, dated circa 300-30 B.C, in the Joseph Moore Museum, Richmond, Indiana.

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