Painting of Jackal

Painting of Jackal

Lawrence Technological University

May 8, 2019

Aluzzo, Adrienne (photograph)

visual works (works)

2nd century AD

Michigan (state)

Ann Arbor (inhabited place)

Romano-Egyptian

funerary art

jackals

Anubis--(Egyptian deity)

Front view of painting of jackal originally from funerary niche at Terenouthis, Egypt, now housed at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology in Ann Arbor, MI. "In these representations, the dead are often accompanied by figures of jackals, usually a single jackal but sometimes two. These jackals clearly represent Anubis (and, when two are involved, Wepwawet), serving as both guardians and guides for the dead person.These funerary stelae were mounted in niches in mud-brick constructions that served as a focus for offerings. The niches themselves were sometimes decorated with paintings on plaster that often further invoke the protection of the jackal gods,"--Kelsey Museum of Archaeology website.

plaster

paint (coating)

pigment

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