Fragment Of Mummy Coffin Cartonnage
Object Details
- Collector
- William W. Ellsworth
- Donor Name
- Mrs. Newman C. Hall
- Site Name
- Thebes
- From card: "Painted fragment of lid from near the edge. Shows a hawk-heade human figure, a human and below a fragment of a hawk with the orb on top of head. On inside is written: "Bought at Thebes where it was found. Piece of Mummy case. Presented to W. W. Ellsworth by Albert Bigelow Paine. 1909."
- Fragment of cartonnage from lid near edge. Shows hawk-headed human figure, a human and below a fragment of a hawk with orb on top of head. On inside is written, "Bought in Thebes where it was found. Piece of mummy case. Presented to WW Ellsworth by Albert Bigelow Paine. 1909". Top register: two figures of sons of Horus. Text before falcon-headed figure: "Spell by Dua-mut-ef. Performing his protection." Horizontal text on brownish band: [the...] of Amun, Besmet, vindicated, possessor of veneration." Horizontal text before falcon figure below: [Behde]t, great god, lord of the sky."
- Record Last Modified
- 12 Jul 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian, III Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI
- Accession Date
- 19 Aug 1969
- Accession Number
- 286122
- USNM Number
- A454233-0
- Object Type
- Mummy Wrapping
- Place
- Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8206907
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e0c89e26-9949-4ae3-a8c8-c9c8934785e4
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