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  • Top half of a cartonnage of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Painted with facial features, patterns and figures of Egyptian gods.
  • Side view of the top half of a cartonnage of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Painted with facial features and patterns.
  • Side view of an ancient Egyptian mummy cartonnage. Painted with facial features, patterns, birds, figures, and Egyptian gods.
  • Full cartonnage of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Painted with facial features, patterns, birds, figures, and Egyptian gods.
  • Middle of a cartonnage of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Painted with Egyptian gods, a bird, figures and patterns.
  • Bottom of a cartonnage of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Painted with hieroglyphics, human figures, winged figures and patterns.
  • The base of an ancient Egyptian mummy cartonnage. Blank plaster with an eroded image of a four-legged animal in the centre.

Cartonnage mask of Shep en-Mut

8th century BC

Wood, plaster, pigment

Description

The Egyptian Tomb display contains the coffin and mummified body of Shep en-Mut. This area of the museum is treated with special respect. Some of the hieroglyphics on the coffin explain that Shep en-Mut was the daughter of Nesamenopet, carrier of the milk jar of Amun at the Temple of Thebes. She lived over 2,800 years ago.

Visual description: A life-size ancient Egyptian coffin, crafted to mirror the shape of the body. It has a woman’s face, painted with a calm expression and eyes outlined in blue. Her hair is the same blue, topped with a painted headdress designed to resemble layered feathers. The body of the coffin is decorated with intricate designs, hieroglyphs and symbolic imagery. Much of the decoration centres on winged birds or figures.

Additional Information

Dimensions
300 x 300 x 1900 mm
Accession Number
1897/11/3/2

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