Mummy of Nesiamun

Late Period

ca. 712–525 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

The mummified body of a man named Nesiamun is not on view, but rests inside his closed coffin (which is displayed in gallery 130; see 26.3.11a, b). CT scans of his mummy show that Nesiamun sustained several serious injuries before death, including a broken left shoulder and fractures of his pelvis and skull. From the inscription on the coffin's lid we know that Nesiamun's parents were named Bakenamun and Tahathor.

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Title: Mummy of Nesiamun
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25–26
Date: ca. 712–525 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Complex of Mentuhotep II, Court, south side, intrusive burial no. 3, MMA excavations, 1922–23
Medium: Mummified human body, linen, mummification material
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.3.12
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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