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Side Panel from the Coffin of Amenemope

c. 976–889 BCE

Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22

Medium
gessoed and painted sycamore fig
Measurements
Overall: 60.4 x 41 x 6 cm (23 3/4 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.1029
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

This panel illustrates one of the same scenes shown on the inside of Nesykhonsu’s coffin, allowing us to compare different artist’s styles. On the right stand the mummies of the priest Amenemope and his wife, Taditkhonsu. Their daughter, called "the lady of the house, Mutemperes," crouches before them with her hands wrapped around Amenenope’s legs in a traditional gesture of mourning. On the left, a priest, dressed in his finest linen garments and panther skin, holds in his upraised hands an incense burner and a curious curved implement typically associated with the "opening of the mouth" ritual, in which the mummy’s mouth was magically opened so that the deceased person could take in food and thus be brought back to life.
Painted wood panel fragment depicting stylized, flattened people in profile. A mummified man and woman with medium and light skin tones stand facing our left, their bodies tightly wrapped. A woman with light skin tone crouches in front of them, reaching for the man's wrapped legs. Left, a man with medium-dark skin tone and pleated white and leopard print garments holds out two objects. Hieroglyphics, a pictorial writing system, extend in columns above.

Side Panel from the Coffin of Amenemope

c. 976–889 BCE

Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22

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