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Source Description
Mummification preserved mortal remains in order to house the Ka, or life force of the individual, as it needed to return to the body to find sustenance. The human-shaped covering, called "cartonnage," is composed of layers of linen and plaster. Its painted decoration includes the floral wreath on the wig, a broad collar, and a winged scarab beetle. Five additional registers of decoration show the protective four sons of Horus, the sacred boat of the funerary-deity Sokar, a depiction of Osiris mummified on a funerary bed, a divine falcon god, and a short hieroglyphic text with an offering formula.See the additional media for a facial reconstruction of the deceased person, courtesy of Michael Brassell, as well as a color reconstruction of the cartonnage.
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Document identity
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492
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Mummified Human Remains of a Woman Inside a Painted Cartonnage
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title
Mummified Human Remains of a Woman Inside a Painted Cartonnage
description
Mummification preserved mortal remains in order to house the Ka, or life force of the individual, as it needed to return to the body to find sustenance. The human-shaped covering, called "cartonnage," is composed of layers of linen and plaster. Its painted decoration includes the floral wreath on the wig, a broad collar, and a winged scarab beetle. Five additional registers of decoration show the protective four sons of Horus, the sacred boat of the funerary-deity Sokar, a depiction of Osiris mummified on a funerary bed, a divine falcon god, and a short hieroglyphic text with an offering formula.See the additional media for a facial reconstruction of the deceased person, courtesy of Michael Brassell, as well as a color reconstruction of the cartonnage.
provenance
[Excavated at Deir el-Bahri by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition, Winter of 1930-1931, by Ambrose Lansing]; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ca. 1930-1931; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by exchange.
date
2nd half 9th-1st half 8th century BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
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CC0
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en
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Mummies & Cartonnage
mummies
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10
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dimensions
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cm
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167
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46
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27.5
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H: 65 3/4 x W: 18 1/8 x D: 10 13/16 in. (167 x 46 x 27.5 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] The king gives an offering to Osiris.
dynasty
2nd half 22nd-23rd Dynasty
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mummified human remains in cartonnage, with paint
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