Sepulchral Box
Object Details
- Donor Name
- Government Of Egypt
- Site Name
- Deir El-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari,Thebes)
- Painted wooden chest has 3 compartments, painted hieroglyphs on each section are for 3 variations in the Osiris's titles; for a woman named Ta-baken-Khonsu. Inscribed with three panels on one side: 1 of 4. Right: "the Osiris, the excellent spirit (soul united with its mummy_, Ta-BakenKhonsu (female). Center: The Osiris, spirit of the netherworld, Ta-BakenKhonsu. to Left: The Osiris, Divine Spirit, Ta-BakenKhonsu"
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Box with lid, 1064-940 BC. Once filled with shabtis, this box belonged to the Singer of Amun, Tabaketkhonsu. Egyptologists discovered her mummy, with her own Book of the Dead, in the Bab el-Gasus burial in Deir el-Bahari, not far from the Valley of the Kings.
- Record Last Modified
- 6 Jul 2017
- Specimen Count
- 4
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 1893
- Accession Number
- 027543
- USNM Number
- A154958-0
- Object Type
- Box
- Place
- Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8026587
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d3f13034-1a7c-4588-8b54-35cb98f6b3eb
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