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mummy-wrapping / coffin / human mummy

• Object type

  • mummy-wrapping
  • coffin
  • human mummy

• Museum number

  EA6676

• Description

  Mummy of a Priest of Amun and Bastet, named Penamunnebnesuttawy. The outer shroud of this mummy is intact and is bound by two vertical and six horizontal bands, with another band passing round the neck and crossed over the breast upon which is laid a semicircular painted cartonnage pectoral. Numerous globular and tubular beads lie loose among the bandages.
  Skull - No obvious fractures. The mouth is closed and all teeth are apparently present. The cervical spine appears intact.
  Thorax and Abdomen - Apart from a coating of resin, both cavities appear empty. The ribs, spinal column, and intervertebral discs appear normal. No fractures or dislocations seen.
  Pelvis - The pelvic cavity appears empty. The bones of the pelvis and the hip joints appear normal.
  Arms - Extended. The palms of the hands, fingers extended, rest upon the antero-medial aspect of the thighs.
  Legs - The bones and joints appear normal. No fractures, dislocations or lines of arrested growth seen. There is a large, granular mass lying between the thighs. This could represent a visceral pack. The feet appear normal.
  Base and lid of the anthropoid wooden coffin of Penamunnebnesuttawy: with polychrome painted decoration: wearing wig and collar, Nut, with outstretched wings, protects body, the rest of the lid is decorated with registers of hieroglyphs surrounding representations of deities, including Isis, Nephthys, the four Sons of Horus, Anubis and Ptah (?), with winged figure of Hathor on foot section; base also decorated.

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• Culture/period

  • 26th Dynasty (?)
  • 25th Dynasty (?)

• Findspot

  • Found/Acquired: Thebes
  • (Africa,Egypt,Upper Egypt,Thebes (Upper Egypt - archaic))

• Materials

  • wood
  • linen
  • human tissue

• Technique

  • painted

• Dimensions

  • Length: 171 centimetres (mummy)

• Inscriptions

  • • Inscription Type

      inscription

    • Inscription Script

      hieroglyphic

    • Inscription Position

      lid

    • Inscription Translation

      Titles/epithets include : Priest of Amun; Priest of Bastet

    • Inscription Comment

      Painted.

• Curator's comments

  Bibliography:
  The British Museum, 'Guide to the First, Second and Thord Egyptian Rooms' (London, 1924), p. 96;
  B. Porter & R. Moss, 'Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings' I (Part 2) (Oxford, 1964), p.829; Taylor in W. V. Davies (ed.), 'Colour and painting in ancient Egypt' (London, 2001), p. 174, col. pl. 54 [3], [back of inner coffin].

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• Bibliography

  • Dawson & Gray 1968 34

• Location

  Not on display

• Condition

  good

• Subjects

  • ancient egyptian deity

• Associated names

  • Representation of: Sons of Horus
  • Representation of: Ptah (?)
  • Representation of: Nut
  • Representation of: Nephthys
  • Representation of: Isis
  • Representation of: Hathor
  • Representation of: Anubis
  • Named in inscription: Penamunnebnesuttawy
  • Named in inscription: Bastet
  • Named in inscription: Amun

• Acquisition name

  • Purchased from: Joseph Sams

• Acquisition date

  1834

• Acquisition notes

  Note old label 'SM' on edge of coffin case. Previous attribution to third Salt Collection (Birch slips) is erroneous

• Department

  Ancient Egypt & Sudan

• BM/Big number

  EA6676

• Registration number

  .6676

• Additional IDs

  • BS.6676 (Birch Slip Number)