Mummy Board of Gautsoshen

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1000–945 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126

The burial equipment of Gautsoshen, including a single coffin (23.5.7) and this mummy board, was found in the Pit. The board is made of a single plank of sycomore wood, with smaller pieces used to fill in the shoulders. It was plastered and then painted with colorful decoration. Gautsoshen wears a blue wig with decorative bands across the lower tresses, a fillet, and large round earrings. As is usual for the coffin of a female, she crosses her open hands over the broad collar that is draped around her shoulders and across her chest. The tips of her breasts, covered by round disks, are visible just below the bottom edge of her wig. The lower part of the coffin is divided into square sections containing religious scenes.

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Title: Mummy Board of Gautsoshen
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Gautsoshen (P4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
Dimensions: L. 176 cm (69 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.3.8
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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