Object Details
Donor Name
John C. Davis
Site Name
Thebes
Notes
Reads from R to L. Col. 1. A gift which the king gives to Osiris, foremost of the westerners; Col. 2 Lord of Abydos, may he give bread offerings, provisions, invocation offerings of beef and fowl, incense, linen, and every food and pure things, and every good sweet thing to the Osiris, lady of the house, Di-es-[x]ha-r-ib-r, daughter of...
From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Cartonnage (papier mâché) coffin fragment with Anubis figure, 940-525 B.C. Originally, another image of Anubis appeared on the opposite side from the existing one, to protect the words guaranteeing the mummy eternal food and drink. The fragment comes from the foot of the coffin, and it is painted upside down so the mummy can read it.
Record Last Modified
6 Jul 2017
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Egyptian, III Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI
Accession Date
29 Jun 1917
Accession Number
061283
USNM Number
A299910-0
Object Type
Mummy Wrapping
Place
Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8077521