lunes, 2 de marzo de 2015

Mummy Board of Iineferty


Mummy Board of Iineferty

Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: reign of Ramesses II
Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86
Medium: Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
Dimensions: h. 181 cm (71 1/4 in)
Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886
Accession Number: 86.1.5c
 The Mistress of the House, Iineferti, was buried in an anthropoid wooden coffin (86.1.5a, b). A wooden cover, sometimes called a "mummy board," was placed over the body. This mummy board is carved and painted to represent the deceased as if she were alive and dressed in a long white pleated gown. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb are numbered 86.1.1–86.1.29
 
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