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NME 892 :: Coffin

Object description

Mummy coffin made for the woman Ankhesenmut (Lady of the house, Chantress of Amun, Great of praise).

An anthropoid outer coffin, decorated in polychrome on a yellow background, varnished.

The lid depicts the deceased with arms crossed at the breast and wearing a tripartite wig with a fillet around the temples; breasts with rosette-form nipples are placed directly below the terminals of the wig. A broad collar with raptor-headed terminals extends from the shoulders to the crossed arms, with a pectoral winged solar scarab directly above the wrists. The lower parts ‘sleeves’ of the arms bear a pattern of wadjet-eyes. Below the crossed arms is a solar scarab, flanked by seated solar Osiris figures, each with a raptor and a winged goddess in front of them. The next register is occupied by a kneeling goddess, facing left and protected by a pair of winged cobras and is flanked by Osiris-fetishes.

Below the goddess, are a series of registers down the centre of the lid, flanked by bands of chevrons, as follows:

C.I Osiris-fetish flanked by winged red-crowned cobras.

C.II kherp-sceptre flanked by winged red-crowned cobras.

C.III Squatting figure holding maat-feather, flanked by winged solar cobras.

This central panel is flanked by a series of registers, as follows:

RL.I Deceased adoring Osiris.

RL.II Deceased adoring atef-crowned raptor.

R.III Raptor- and ape-headed genii [?adored by a ba-bird]. L.III Human- and dog-headed genii adored by a ba¬-bird.

The upper surface of the foot has five columns of text, flanked by mourning goddesses (left: Nephthys; right: Isis), bands of text running below the latter towards the margin of the lid, where they meet a band of text running around the margin from shoulder to shoulder, around the outer edges of the feet. The foot-end itself is undecorated; the original top of the head-end is missing.

The lid was fixed to the trough by four tongues on each side of the fitting into corresponding slots in the trough. The upper margin of the latter is adorned with a frieze of cobras and maat-feathers. The left and right sides of the head each bear an enshrined atef-crowned raptor, with an enshrined standing Thoth at the shoulders. The right side of the trough then has the following tableaux, separated by one or more columns of text:

R.I Enshrined Osiris-fetish protected by a winged Nephthys.

R.II Enshrined deceased making offerings.

R.III Bark supporting a pair of lions, carrying on their backs a red sun-disk containing a ram and wadjet-eye, the latter adored by three bas.

R.IV Hathor-cow emerging from her mountain and pyramid tomb, protected by a winged wadjet-eye and a winged cobra, with west-hieroglyph to left.

The left side of the trough below the shoulder has the following vignettes:

L.I Winged solar scarab in a bark, with a winged sun-disk above and four adoring bas below.

L.II Enshrined deceased making offerings.

L.III Enshrined Osiris-fetish, protected by winged wadjet-eyes.

L.IV Two rows of six demons, with a fiery lake surrounded by four baboons behind them.

The interior of the trough is painted red, with the floor adorned by an anthropomorphic atef-crowned djed-pillar, standing on a nub-sign. Below this figure is a pair of kneeling demons, back to back, one donkey-headed and holding a lizard, the other vulture-headed and holding a snake, all surrounded by an ouroboros (snake biting its tail).

The lid and trough were fitted together by four pairs of tongues and sockets.

Data elements
References (54)

Inventory number

NME 892

Serie nummer

63396

Object

Coffin

Object, Swedish

Kista; Mumiekista

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Deir el-Bahari

Geographic name, alternative - Swedish

Deir el-Bahri

Material

Wood, stuccoed and painted

Material, Swedish

Trä, stuckat och målat

Context

Found at Bab el-Gasus, Deir el Bahri 1891

Acquisition

Deposited by National Museum 1928. It has been part of a group of coffins given to Swedish-Norwegian monarchy in 1894 by Khedive Abbas II of Egypt from a very large group of items excavated by Georges Daressy 1891 from the tomb known as the Bab el-Gasus at Deir el-Bahari. Following accession by the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, items surplus to their requirements were divided into seventeen lots and allocated to foreign governments: Sweden and Norway received Lot 14, comprising four sets coffins of coffins and mummy boards, divided between the Nationalmuseet, Stockholm and the Etnografisk museum, Oslo, and now in the Medelhavsmuseet, the Victoriamuseet, Uppsala, and the Kulturhistorisk museum, Oslo.

Acquisition, Swedish

Deposition av Nationalmuseet 1928. Den var en del av en grupp kistor som gavs till den svensk-norska monarkin 1894 av Khedive Abbas II av Egypten från en mycket stor grupp av föremål som grävdes ut av Georges Daressy 1891 från graven som är känd som Bab el-Gasus i Deir el-Bahari. Efter att de kommit till Egyptiska museet i Kairo delades alla föremål som var i överskott in i sjutton lotter och tilldelades utländska regeringar: Sverige och Norge mottog lott 14 som bestod av fyra uppsättningar kistor och mumiebrädor som fördelades mellan Nationalmuseet, Stockholm och Etnografiska museet, Oslo och nu i Medelhavsmuseet, Viktoriamuseet, Uppsala, och Kulturhistoriska museet, Oslo.

Description, Swedish

Mumiekista för kvinnan Ankhesenmut (Husets härskarinna, Amuns tempelsångerska, Stor av hyllning).

En antropoid ytterkista, mångfärgad på en gul bakgrund, fernissad.

Locket föreställer den avlidna med armarna korsade vid bröstet och bärande en tredelad peruk med ett band runt tinningarna; bröst med rosettformade bröstvårtor som är placerade direkt under perukens nedre kant. En bred krage med rovfågelshövdade avslutningar som sträcker sig från axlarna till de korsade armarna, med en pektoral i form av en bevingad solär skarabé direkt ovanför handlederna. De nedre delarna av ärmarna bär ett mönster av wadjet-ögon. Nedanför de korslagda armarna finns en solär skarabé flankerad av sittande Osiris-figurer, var och en med en rovfågel och en bevingad gudinna framför dem. Nästa register är ockuperat av en knäböjande gudinna, vänd åt vänster och beskyddad av ett par bevingade kobror och är flankerad av Osiris-fetisher.

Nedanför gudinnan finns en serie register nedför mitten av locket, flankerade av band av mönstrade med vinklar, enligt nedan:

C.I Osiris-fetish flankerad av bevingade kobror med röda kronor.

C.II kherp-stav flankerad av bevingade kobror med röda kronor.

C.III Hukande figur som håller en maat-fjäder, flankerade av bevingade solära kobror.

Denna centrala panel är flankerad av en serie av register, enligt följande:

HV.I Den avlidna som dyrkar Osiris.

HV.II Den avlidna som dyrkar en rovfågel med atef-krona.

H.III Rovfågel och apliknande demoner [?prydda av en ba-fågel]

V.III Människo- och hundhövdade demoner prydda av en ba-fågel.

Den övre ytan på foten har fem kolumner text, flankerade av sörjande gudinnor (vänster: Neftys, höger: Isis), band av text som löper runt den senare mot kanten av locket där de möter ett band av text som löper kring kanten från axel till axel, kring de yttre kanterna av fötterna. Fotänden är odekorerad, den ursprungliga överdelen på huvudet saknas.

Locket fixerades med tråget genom fyra tungor på vardera sidan som passar in i motsvarande uttag i tråget. Den övre kanten av den senare är prydd med en fris av kobror och maat-fjädrar. Den vänstra och högra sidan av huvudet bär vardera en rovfågel med atef-krona med en inristad stående Thoth vid axlarna. Höger sida av tråget har följande sammansättning, separerade av en eller fler rader text:

H.I Osiris-fetish inom ett beskyddad av en bevingad Neftys.

H.II Den avlidna inom ett kapell som offrar.

H. III Båt som bär ett par lejon som på deras ryggar bär en röd solskiva som innehåller en gumse och wadjet-öga, den senare beprydd av tre ba-fåglar.

H.IV Hathor-ko som kommer fram ur sitt berg och pyramidgrav, beskyddad av ett bevingat wadjet-öga och en bevingad kobra med hieroglyfer för ”väst” på vänster sida.

Den vänstra sidan av tråget under axeln har följande vinjetter:

V.I Bevingad solär skarabé i båten med en bevingad solskiva ovanför och fyra dyrkande ba-fåglar nedanför.

V.II Den avlidna inom ett skrin som presenterar offer.

V.III Osiris-fetish inom ett kapell, beskyddad av bevingade wadjet-ögon.

V.IV Två rader av sex demoner med en eldig sjö som omges av fyra babianer bakom dem.

Insidan av tråget är målat rött med botten prydd av en antropomorfisk atef-kronad djed-pelare, stående på ett nub-tecken. Nedanför denna figur finns ett par knäböjande demoner, rygg mot rygg, en åsne-hövdad och hållande en ödla, den andra rovfågel-hövdad och hållandes en orm, allt omgivet av en ouroboros (orm som biter i sin egen svans).

Locket och tråget var inpassade med varandra genom fyra par av tungor och infattningar.

; Lock till mumiekista; Lock till mumiekista, detalj; Mumiekista, detalj; Mumiekista, detalj, insidan; Mumiekista. Insidan av locket.

Description

Mummy coffin made for the woman Ankhesenmut (Lady of the house, Chantress of Amun, Great of praise).

An anthropoid outer coffin, decorated in polychrome on a yellow background, varnished.

Below the goddess, are a series of registers down the centre of the lid, flanked by bands of chevrons, as follows:

C.I Osiris-fetish flanked by winged red-crowned cobras.

C.II kherp-sceptre flanked by winged red-crowned cobras.

C.III Squatting figure holding maat-feather, flanked by winged solar cobras.

This central panel is flanked by a series of registers, as follows:

RL.I Deceased adoring Osiris.

RL.II Deceased adoring atef-crowned raptor.

R.III Raptor- and ape-headed genii [?adored by a ba-bird]. L.III Human- and dog-headed genii adored by a ba¬-bird.

R.I Enshrined Osiris-fetish protected by a winged Nephthys.

R.II Enshrined deceased making offerings.

R.III Bark supporting a pair of lions, carrying on their backs a red sun-disk containing a ram and wadjet-eye, the latter adored by three bas.

R.IV Hathor-cow emerging from her mountain and pyramid tomb, protected by a winged wadjet-eye and a winged cobra, with west-hieroglyph to left.

The left side of the trough below the shoulder has the following vignettes:

L.I Winged solar scarab in a bark, with a winged sun-disk above and four adoring bas below.

L.II Enshrined deceased making offerings.

L.III Enshrined Osiris-fetish, protected by winged wadjet-eyes.

L.IV Two rows of six demons, with a fiery lake surrounded by four baboons behind them.

The lid and trough were fitted together by four pairs of tongues and sockets.

Period

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty (1081-1055 BC) [late]

Period, Swedish

21a dynastin (1081-931 f Kr), Tredje intermediet [sen]

Exhibition - Current

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

Exhibition, Part of - Current

New Egypt, 9, The Tomb

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 9.1

Exhibition - Previously

Egypten, 1982-2012

Description: The Egyptian exhibition shows various aspects of life in Pharaonic Egypt from 3000 BC to the Christian era. There are also many objects from the prehistoric period, starting around 5000 BC. Most of the objects came to Sweden in the late 19:century, and have been donated to the museum from private collections.
The Egyptian Exhibition contains, in addition to mummified humans, also mummies of cats, birds, fishes and snakes. The Goddess Isis with the child Horus in her lap meets the visitors as they enter the exhibition. The pose she holds occurs commonly in western art where the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus often is portrayed in the same position.
A portrait of the well-known pharaoh Sesostris was donated to Sweden by the Egyptian government in recognition both of Swedish participation when the Assuan-dam was built and of professor Torgny Säve-Söderbergh as an internationally well-known Egyptologist. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-01)
The exhibition was made already in 1982. In 2002 there was a change, several of the galleries (4-8) on the upper floor were closed.
Time - Start: 19821982
Time - End: 20122012

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Egyptian gallery 1, showcase 01:05

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

Event - Was Present At

Samlingsbesök. 2023-09-04. Rogerio Sousa

Description: "I am Professor of Egyptology in the University of Lisbon and I direct the Gate of the Priests Project held in the same University. Over the years I have been carrying out the documentation of the objects found in the Tomb of the Priests of Amun in several museums. Aiming at the documentation of the Scandinavian Lot of antiquities from this tomb, I would like to ask you to document in photographic records the objects from this tomb that are currently held in your possession."

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label

Mummy coffin for the songstress of Amun, Ankhesenmut, from the 21st dynasty. This coffin was found in the so

called cache of priests at Thebe, a tomb where many mummies had been hidden away in order to be saved from looting.

Comments

Restored by Håkan Lindberg and Co at Tekniska Institutionen.

Looked at by Niwinski in 2010 and Kara Cooney, UCLA in 2009. Studied by Aidan Dodson 2012.

Egyptenutställningen 2014, Swedish - Label

Mumiekista för Amons tempelsångerska Ankhesenmut, 21:a dynastin. Denna kista återfanns i den så kallade präst-cachetten i Thebe, en grav där

många mumier hade gömts undan gravplundrare.

Keyword

Ankhesenmut

Cf Publications

Niwinski, 21st Dyn. Coffins, no. 396, s. 200; BIE 37, 1956; Daressy, ASAE 8, 1907 Lieblein 1892

Publications

Dodson 2015:20-22 Ancient Egyptian Coffins: the Medelhavsmuseet collection

Reference - Published in

Dodson, Aidan (2015) Ancient Egyptian Coffins. The Medelhavsmuseet Collection. National Museums of World Culture, Stockholm

Source - http: libris.kb.se, www.varldskulturmuseerna.se

Length / Längd

202,0 cm

Height / Höjd

16,0 cm [face]

Width / Bredd

64,0 cm [shoulders]; 50,0 cm [foot]

Depth / Djup

20,0 cm [lid-nose]; 48,1 cm [lid-foot]; 51,0 cm [trough-head]; 45,5 cm [trough-foot]

Thickness / Tjocklek

4,5 cm [wood]

Original register

Egypt

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