Osiris Shroud Inscribed for Tiye

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1070–945 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

Shrouds adorned with an image of Osiris were laid over the bandaged mummy in order to enhance the association of the deceased with this great god, ruler of the realm of the dead. The example here was found with the mummy of a Chantress of Amun named Tiye, who was buried in a communal tomb near the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri. The inscription before the face of the god asks that he grant offerings to Tiye; the damaged line of text at the bottom of the shroud would have given her name and title.

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Title: Osiris Shroud Inscribed for Tiye
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Tiye (P3), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Linen, red ink
Dimensions: H. 145 × W. 66 cm (57 1/16 × 26 in.); Frame: W. 171 × W. 83 × D. 4 cm (67 5/16 × 32 11/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.26
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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