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| Keywords: Egyptian - Mummy and Painted Cartonnage of an Unknown Woman - Walters 791 - Detail C.jpg Mummification preserved mortal remains in order to house the Ka or life force of the individual as it needed to return to the body to find sustenance The human-shaped covering called cartonnage is composed of layers of linen and plaster Its painted decoration includes the floral wreath on the wig a broad collar and a winged scarab beetle Five additional registers of decoration show the protective four sons of Horus the sacred boat of the funerary-deity Sokar a mummy of Osiris on a funerary bed a divine falcon god and a short hieroglyphic text with an offering formula See the additional media for a facial reconstruction of the mummy courtesy of Michael Brassell as well as a color reconstruction of the cartonnage ca 850 750 BC Third Intermediate mummy in cartonnage with paint cm 167 46 27 5 accession number 79 1 492 Excavated at Deir el-Bahri by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptian Expedition Winter of 1930-1931 by Ambrose Lansing Metropolitan Museum of Art New York ca 1930-1931 Walters Art Museum 1941 by exchange Museum acquisition by exchange with the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1941 Translation The king gives an offering to Osiris In Search of Ancient Treasure 40 Years of Collecting The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1978 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Deir el-Bahri present-day Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian sarcophagi in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian art from Deir el-Bahari Sarcophagi of the Egyptian third intermediate period Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Egyptian mummies in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
