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Third Intermediate Period
These fragments come from a floral collar (see 30.3.33a) made of persea leaves and lotus petals sewn with a double running stich over thin strips of palm leaf. It was found over the left breast of the wrapped mummy of Nauny, a member of the family of the High Priests of Amun who lived around 1050 B.C.
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Title: Floral Garland Fragments
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Reign: reign of Psusennes I
Date: ca. 1050 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), Crypt, mummy of Meritamun, MMA excavations, 1928–1929
Medium: Persea leaves, lotus petals, palm leaves
Dimensions: various
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number: 30.3.33b
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