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Cartonnage mummy case of Nakhtefmut
Coffin, of a priest in Karnak, Nakhtefmut. The mummy case is a moulded, hollow shell, with a slit up the back. After the mummy was inserted, the slit was laced together and a board inserted under the feet.
Depth: 33 cm
Height: 177.5 cm
Width: 44 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1896) by the Egyptian Research Account
Twenty-second Dynasty
Third Intermediate period
-0924
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-0889
Accession number: E.64.1896
Primary reference Number: 49494
Oldadmincategory: SS
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Cartonnage mummy case of Nakhtefmut" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49494 Accessed: 2023-06-01 21:35:40
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Accession Number: E.8.1896
Accession Number: E.103a.1911
Accession Number: E.63.1903
Accession Number: E.103b.1911
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