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Coffin Set of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126
The Mistress of the House, Singer of Amun-Re, Henettawy died at the young age of twenty-one. She was buried in a plundered tomb, which had originally been the resting place of Minmose, an official of Hatshepsut. The burial was a modest one, including a set of coffins and personal jewelry. Henettawy's body was not embalmed but simply wrapped in layers of linen bandages.

Aside from her rather simple personal jewelry, Henettawy's main burial equipment consisted of two splendid coffins (25.3.182a, b; 25.3.183a, b) and a mummy board (25.3.184), fitting one into the other like parts of a Russian doll. Both coffins and the mummy board are shaped like wrapped mummies with elaborate masks fastened over the heads.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Coffin Set of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: mid Dynasty 21
  • Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24
  • Medium: Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
  • Dimensions: Outer coffin: L. 203 cm (79 15/16 in.); Inner coffin: L. 191 cm (75 3/16 in.); Mummy board: L. 171.3 cm (67 7/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.3.182–.184-related
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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Outer Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
Outer Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Inner Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy, Wood, gesso, paint
Inner Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Mummy Board of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy, Gessoed and painted wood
Mummy Board of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Stela of Aafenmut, Wood, gesso, paint
Stela of Aafenmut
ca. 924–889 B.C.
Mummy Board inscribed for Henettawy daughter of Isetemkheb, Wood, gesso, paint
Mummy Board inscribed for Henettawy daughter of Isetemkheb
ca. 990–970 B.C.

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