Cartonnage of Kharushere
Within Kharushere's nest of coffins was this elaborately decorated cartonnage container. As he does on his innermost coffin, Kharushere here wears a striated tripartite wig topped by a fillet and a scarab beetle representing the god Khepri. On his chest is a shrine-shaped pectoral with a figure of the goddess Maat inside, below which a composite ram-headed avian deity spreads its wings. Other elements covering the body include a winged falcon; shrines containing Horus, Sokar, and the four Sons of Horus; a falcon perched atop an Abydos fetish, symbol of Osiris; and, over the legs, goddesses and demons with crossing wings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cartonnage of Kharushere
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 22
- Date: ca. 750–720 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, February 1885
- Medium: Cartonnage
- Dimensions: L. 175 cm (68 7/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886
- Object Number: 86.1.34
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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