Cartonnage with Isis, New Kingdom
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Links to other views:⇒ Larger Viewif scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. Links to others from Dynasty 20Aegis-Menat of Tefnut and Shu, Dyn. 20Amulet of Ptah-Sokar, Dyn. 20-21 Basalt hawk-headed god Khonsu, Dyn. 20 Bronze statuette of Anhur, Dyn. 20 Bronze statuette of Sakhmet, Dyn. 20 Crude pottery shawabti, Late Dyn. 20 Crude pottery shawabti, Late Dyn. 20 Gilded funerary mask, Dyn. 20 Large amulet of Pataikos, Dyn. 20 Mummy cartonnage, New Kingdom Priest of Hapy, temple of Aswan, Dyn. 20 Ptah-Min of Memphis, Dyn. 20 Ruling king as Khonsu, Dyn. 20 Shawabti of Hor-Te-Ha, early Dyn. 20 Shawabti of the prophet of Amen, Dyn. 20 Unidentified king as Khnum, Dyn. 20 Links to others of type Other fragment of mummy trappingsDuamutef trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23Hapy trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Imsety trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Inscription trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Inscription trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Isis trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Isis trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Mummy cartonnage, New Kingdom Nephtis trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Qebesenuef trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 Scarab trapping for Baket, Dyn. 23 |
This gilded cartonnage once laid on the chest of the mummy, just below the mask. It depicts Goddess Isis kneeling, her wings spread out in protection. She holds the feather of Maat, symbol of truth and justice. Above her arms stand the four Sons of Horus, protectors of the mummy’s viscera (internal organs). This mummy cartonnage set is cataloged here as follows: number 558 number 552 number 551 number 550 Cartonnage Cartonnage was a material used in the production of personal funerary ornamentation (masks, pectorals, foot casings, and sometimes whole coffins). It was made with several layers of linen glued together and shaped in a mold. The resulting shell was usually coated on one side with gesso (a mixture of glue and whiting plaster). This smooth medium was well suited to detailed painting and gold leafing. Although earlier examples are known, it is around Dynasty 18 that cartonnage became a material of choice, and it remained a popular medium though the roman period. In later times, the linen layers were sometimes replaced with recycled papyrus documents. Many of the papyri currently studied by Egyptologists were recovered from cartonnage. Bibliography (for this item)Khalil, Hassan M.1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ([III] 365- 373) Bibliography (on Cartonnage)Duke University,1991 Duke Papyrus Archive. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/, Durham, NC. Lucas, A., and J.R. Harris 1999 Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries (unabridged republication of the 1962 fourth edition by Edward Arnold Publishers). Dover Publications, New York, NY. |
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