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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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