[{"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "Cartonnage fragment showing a wind daemon."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Cartonnage consists of linen, or occasionally papyrus, stiffened with plaster. It was used in Egypt to cover the deceased."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "This fragment shows a wind deity, probably the god of the North wind, Qebhui. He is shown with 4 wings, as were other wind-daemons (possibly as several wings would have created a lot of wind). He has the body of a bird. The daemon stands in front of an offering table and carries the deceased on his tail."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "The 4 wind daemons are sometimes shown at the four edges of Roman Period coffins (for example Riggs 2005 figs. 87 and 88)."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "The Centre has another cartonnage fragment which appears to show the god of the West wind (W945) but we believe the different fragments were from different coffins."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Donate to the Egypt Centre"}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "Blog am Gasgliad y Ganolfan Eifftaidd"}]