Goddess Nut on the sarcophagus of Soter

Goddess Nut on the sarcophagus of Soter
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The goddess Nut is illustrated with a laden fruit tree behind her. Her hair is long and in tresses, and she is adorned with various jewels such as a chaplet, floral collar, and a necklace with pendants. Her arms are decorated with golden bracelets in the form of snakes. A vertical register of hieroglyphs with an invocation to the goddess can be found written down the centre of her body.
The goddess is flanked by the sister-goddesses, Isis and Nephthys, both lamenting.
The imagery appears on the wooden sarcophagus of Soter, son of Cornelius Pollius and Archon of Thebes.

Goddess Nut on the sarcophagus of Soter
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The goddess Nut, is also seen upon the coffin enveloped by the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, and Twelve Hours of the Night and Day.


Dating from c. 100-120 A.D.
From Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes.
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