Mummy Cloth Fragment of Ramesses III
This small piece of buff linen was used in the wrappings of the mummy of Ramesses III. During the 21st Dynasty, his body was unwrapped, rewrapped, and reburied—moved from his original tomb (KV 11) in the Valley of the Kings to a hidden shaft tomb in the desert valley south of Deir el-Bahri. A recent CT scan has revealed that this king was murdered by having his throat cut
Artwork Details
- Title: Mummy Cloth Fragment of Ramesses III
- Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
- Dynasty: Dynasty 20
- Reign: reign of Ramesses III
- Date: ca. 1184–1153 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette, First Royal Cache (TT 320), Mummy of Ramesses III, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881
- Medium: Linen
- Dimensions: 10 × 10.3 cm (3 15/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
- Object Number: 90.5.67
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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