Ancient Egyptian cartonnage fragment from Atifeh dated 332 BC – AD 395

Piece of painted cartonnage cut to the shape of the sole of a shoe or foot. One surface is painted blue, with a yellow band round the edge. In the centre is one rectangular strip of yellow with blue dots regularly spaced all the way up it, and capped two blue stripes. Around this strip is curved another similarly patterned strip so that it forms a horseshoe shape around the first strip. There is a slight hole towards the top and centre of the piece. The other side is just of linen, but it appears have ATFHA written in pencil on it.

Ancient Egyptian cartonnage fragment from Atifeh dated 332 BC – AD 395

Object details

  • Latitude: 29.416667
  • Longitude: 31.25