Image code: 21824

Sarcophagus of the Aset lady

Aset wears a white dress, a braided wig with a band decorated with floral and geometric motifs; on the forehead are a chalice and two lotus buds (a flower symbol of rebirth), earrings with a ring and a bone or ivory hemisphere; decorated breastplate; at the breasts are rosettes; pleated dress with a slit; rows of beads on the forearms and bracelets; ring. Each of the two hands clasps three ivy shoots (symbolised as the lotus of a further life with inflorescences.

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