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English: 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 mummy of Osiris 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 mummy, courtesy of Michael Brassell, as well as a color reconstruction of the cartonnage.
[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
Exhibition history
In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001.
Samling og anskaffelsesmetode
Museum acquisition by exchange with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941
Inskriptioner
[Translation] "The king gives an offering to Osiris."
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Painted cartonnage covering the mummy of an unknown Egyptian woman.
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