Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants

Ptolemaic Period
332–30 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 133
This is the mummified body of a woman named Tasheriteniset, which still includes the original linen wrappings. Her mummy mask depicts earrings and a headband with a golden wedjat eye amulet. A long, vegetal collar was placed on her chest and she has a painted foot covering made out of linen mixed with plaster (called cartonnage).

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Object Information
  • Title: Mummy of Tasheriteniset with mummy mask and other cartonnage elements, also with garland of plants
  • Period: Ptolemaic Period
  • Date: 332–30 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Middle Egypt, Asyut (Lykopolis)
  • Medium: Mummified human body, linen, mummification material, painted and gilded cartonnage, plant remains
  • Dimensions: L. 145 × W. 31.5 × D. 26 cm (57 1/16 × 12 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.182.48a
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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