Mummy bandage inscribed with a falcon
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
- 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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