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Mummy board of Djedmutesankh

The priestess Djedmutesankh was buried with a number of other members of her wealthy extended family in a tomb in on the West Bank at Thebes. Her exalted position is reflected by her titles, which include First Great Chief of the Musical Troupe of Amun." This indicates that she was likely a daughter or wife of a High Priest of Amun. Her burial assemblage includes a set of nested coffins; an Osiris shroud; leather braces; amulets; wax viscera figures; two funerary papyri: an Osiris figure; and two wooden boxes full of shabti figures.

The decoration of this mummy board is similar in color and style to that of the inner and outer coffins in which it was nested. The space is divided into small vig...

c. 1000-945 B.C.
Wood, paste, paint
68.1in
25.3.3
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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