Cartonnage trappings
These trappings of linen cartonnage covered with gilded gesso would have been part of the burial of Padiamunet, a priest of Montu. The long strip is inscribed with an ancient prayer asking the sky goddess, Nut, for protection. This prayer was already ancient by the time it was used here, having appeared originally in texts found inside Old Kingdom pyramids (almost 2000 years earlier). The two mummiform figures may represent two of the sons of Horus, the deities who embodied and guarded the separately embalmed viscera.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cartonnage trappings
- Period: Late Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
- Date: 664–332 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Linen, gold leaf, gesso
- Dimensions: a) 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
b & c) 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.) - Credit Line: Gift of Ethel McCullough Scott, John G. McCullough, and Edith McCullough Irons, 1972
- Object Number: 1971.272.16a–c
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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A.D. 1st–2nd century
Attributed to Girolamo da Treviso
ca. 1535
ca. 1390–1295 B.C.
A.D. 1st–2nd century
Designer Olga de Amaral
1984
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