Mummy Board of the Singer of Amun Nauny

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1050 B.C.

Not on view

Nauny was buried in a nested pair of anthropoid (human-shaped) coffins. The set included what appears to be a third lid, but is actually a slightly curving cover often called a "mummy board." This was placed directly over the mummy. Nauny's mummy board has decoration similar to her coffin lids as was customary in Dynasty 21. For a different style of mummy board, see 86.1.5c.

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Title: Mummy Board of the Singer of Amun Nauny
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1050 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), burial of Nauny, second corridor, edge of well, MMA excavations, 1928–29
Medium: Sycomore wood, mud, glue, stucco, paint, varnish
Dimensions: L. 177 cm (69 11/16 in.); W. 48 cm (18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Object Number: 30.3.25
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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