Mummy Bandage Inscribed for the Priest Padi-aset
Inscribed for "The God's Father (a priestly title), Padi-aset (?), son of the God's Father Nehemes-Khonsu, true of voice (deceased)," this bandage of worn linen was used in the wrappings of a baby who died at around the age of two. The child had been placed in a roughly constructed rectangular coffin of the "qersu" type (with a vaulted lid and corner posts) and buried, alongside a second, slightly older child, in the Senenmut Quarry at Deir el-Bahari.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mummy Bandage Inscribed for the Priest Padi-aset
- Period: Late Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26
- Date: ca. 664–525 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Senenmut Quarry, Late Dynastic Intrusive Burial 2, MMA excavations, 1927–28
- Medium: Linen
- Dimensions: L. 29 × W. 5 cm (11 7/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
- Object Number: 31.3.104
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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