Mummy-cartonnage fact file
Age: 2,800 years old/Late 9th century BC.
Dynasty/Period: Third Intermediate Period/23rd
Dynasty.
Dimensions: Length 190.5cm
Material: Cartonnage (layers of linen and papyrus
covered with plaster) painted and varnished.
Place of production: Probably Thebes, Ancient
Egypt.
Click on the images below to get a closer look at Nehemsumut's
mummy-cartonnage.
Description
Head: The face is painted pink and surrounded
by a black wig with narrow yellow stripes, which hide the
ears. The top of the head has a scarab
(beetle) outlined in white on a black background. Around
the temples are three rows; the upper one solid red, the
second painted to imitate gold with inlays of red and green
and the last represented with white flower
petals.
Torso: A broad collar is shown around the
upper part of the torso, depicted in red and white, with blue,
green and black directly below the throat. Directly below the
collar is a ram-headed vulture with a sun disc on its head and
wings spreading almost to the shoulders.
Feet: The left part of the foot-case is
decorated with a standing jackal (wild dog), with religious
symbols either side.