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Inner Coffin of the Singer of Amun and Royal Daughter Nauny

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 1050 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126
The Lady 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," so was either the daughter of one of the Dynasty 21 kings at Tanis, or a child of the powerful High Priest of Amun, Painedjem I, who adopted the titles of a king.

This coffin was originally inscribed for Nauny's mother, Tentabekhnet. Nauny’s name was substituted in a number of places, but her mother’s name remains visible in others.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Inner Coffin of the Singer of Amun and Royal Daughter Nauny
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 21
  • Date: ca. 1050 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358, MMA 65), burial of Nauny, box at turn in first corridor; lid in second corridor, MMA excavations, 1928–29
  • Medium: Coniferous wood, Sycomore wood, mud, glue, paste paint, varnish, linen
  • Dimensions: L. 193 × W. 61 × D. 65.1 cm, 76.2 kg (76 × 24 × 25 5/8 in., 168 lb.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.3.24a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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