Inner Coffin of the Singer of Amun Nauny

Third Intermediate Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126

The mistress of the house Nauny was a ritual singer for the cult of Amun-Re, the great god of Thebes and principal deity of the Egyptian pantheon. She also held the title "king's daughter" suggesting that she was a daughter of the High Priest of Amun, Painedjem I who adopted the titles of a king.

The coffins were originally inscribed for Tentabekhnet, Nauny's mother, whose name was replaced in the most important sections of the text, but not everywhere.

Inner Coffin of the Singer of Amun Nauny, Coniferous wood, Sycomore, mud, glue, stucco, paint, varnish, linen

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Inner Coffin of the Singer of Amun Nauny, Coniferous wood, Sycomore, mud, glue, stucco, paint, varnish, linen
Inner Coffin of the Singer of Amun Nauny, Coniferous wood, Sycomore, mud, glue, stucco, paint, varnish, linen

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