Mummy Board Inscribed for the Chantress of Amun-Re, Tiye
The burial of the Lady of the House and Chantress of Amun Tiye, found in the pit of Tomb MMA 60, included a badly damaged outer coffin; an inner coffin (25.3.15a, b); this mummy board; an Osiris shroud (25.3.26); a group of amulet (see 25.3.172*); an Osirid figure (now in Cairo); and two funerary papyri (25.3.33 and 25.3.34).
The excavator identified these nested coffins as a "stock" set, with the name of the owner filled after it was purchased. Tiye's name appears only on this mummy board. The board was placed directly over theOsiris shroud that covered the wrapped mummy, echoing the form and decoration of the inner coffin. Tiye is shown in a long wig adorned with a floral fillet above her forehead and decorative bands holding the locks in the front. The tips of her breasts, the nipples covered by rosettes, are visible below edge of the wig lappets. Her arms are crossed below her breasts, with her hands held flat and her palms turned inward. She wears large round earrings, a long floral collar, a scarab pectoral, bracelets, and rings. The lower part of the mummy board is divided into panels filled with figures of the deceased before the gods, with four columns of inscription at the bottom.
The excavator identified these nested coffins as a "stock" set, with the name of the owner filled after it was purchased. Tiye's name appears only on this mummy board. The board was placed directly over theOsiris shroud that covered the wrapped mummy, echoing the form and decoration of the inner coffin. Tiye is shown in a long wig adorned with a floral fillet above her forehead and decorative bands holding the locks in the front. The tips of her breasts, the nipples covered by rosettes, are visible below edge of the wig lappets. Her arms are crossed below her breasts, with her hands held flat and her palms turned inward. She wears large round earrings, a long floral collar, a scarab pectoral, bracelets, and rings. The lower part of the mummy board is divided into panels filled with figures of the deceased before the gods, with four columns of inscription at the bottom.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mummy Board Inscribed for the Chantress of Amun-Re, 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: Wood, paint, gesso
- Dimensions: l. 173.5 (68 5/16 in)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.3.16
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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