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411963001
Description
Mummy of a priest, aged 30-40 years, named Nesperennub, son of Ankhefenkhons. The body is encased in a painted cartonnage mummy-case. Skull - Mouth closed. Some teeth missing. There is considerable dental attrition. Artificial eyes inserted in orbits. Bound on to the top of the head is an opaque object resembling a skull-cap. This may possibly be a package containing the placenta.6 The cervical spine appears intact. There are no obvious fractures. Thorax and Abdomen - Filled with dense packing material probably obscuring the four parcels of viscera. In the right upper zone of the thorax there are two scarabs and a small pencil-like object, very probably a bird-bone, lying just below the mid-shaft of the clavicle. There is a pectoral with open wings and a rectangular plate over the flank-incision. There are possible pathological changes in the anterior third of the 2nd left rib. There is a large rounded mass in the pelvic region. The dorsal and lumbar intervertebral discs are partially opaque. Arms - Extended. Hands with extended fingers over the pubic area. On the ring-finger of each hand is a ring with a rectangular bezel. Legs - No fractures. Numerous well-defined lines of arrested growth are visible at the lower ends of the tibiae. Anthropoid wooden coffin: possibly designed for a woman, but inscribed with the name of Nesperennub, son of Ankhefenkhons, Opener of the Two Gates of Heaven in Karnak, Libationer of the Temple of Khons at Karnak, with polychrome painted face, wig and collar, with vertical register of hieroglyphs in white down body and a further register in blue around the sides of the coffin.
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