Mummy of a woman named Nephthys

Middle Kingdom

ca. 1961–1878 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112

The mummified body of a woman named Nephthys is still inside the ancient linen wrappings and is resting inside her mummy-shaped coffin. CT scans show that she was an adult and that her arms are extended with her hands resting at her upper inner thighs. Her mummified body was buried in a coffin set that included an outer rectangular wooden coffin (11.150.15a) and an inner mummy-shaped coffin (11.150.15b) made out of cartonnage (layers of linen with plaster). On the outer coffin is her name and her title "mayor’s daughter," but both are a later addition, indicating that this coffin was originally made for another person.

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Title: Mummy of a woman named Nephthys
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reigns of Senwosret I to Senwosret II
Date: ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Meir, Khashaba excavations, 1910–11
Medium: Mummified human body, linen, mummification material
Dimensions: l. 165.2 cm (65 1/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Object Number: 11.150.15c
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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