Funerary object
Artist
Unknown
CultureEgyptian
DateLate-Ptolemaic Periods, 730-30 B.C.
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 18 in. (45.7 cm)
InscribedOn the body, one column of hieroglyphs turned to the right.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number81.171
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionFigurine of a mummy standing on a cubic base and leaning against a back pillar (formerly inscribed). The body is wrapped in a red shroud on which runs one yellow band with hieroglyphs from the chest to the feet. The mummy is wearing a broad collar, yellow with black spots and four black horizontal lines on the edge. The head is painted red, with long black hair hanging in the back and over each shoulder upon the chest. On its top in the middle of the cranium is a crater-like hole that can be an accident or perhaps the place where a headdress was set.
