Mummy bandage inscribed with a falcon

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1000–945 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126

Henettawy's unembalmed body was wrapped in bandages of fine linen, inscribed in places with protective emblems. This fringed square bears the figure of a falcon holding a flail, a sign used previously for royal linen and an indication of high quality.

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Title: Mummy bandage inscribed with a falcon
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: L. 10 × W. 8 cm (3 15/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.188
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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