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View full screenMummy-label of thin wood, rectangular with rounded top and central hole, inscribed with two lines of hieratic in black ink naming Pypwy, a King's Daughter, with double-twist of linen: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c.1440-1350
A.1956.162
Egypt, Northern Africa
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Princess Pi-pui
Used during his reign: Thutmose IV
Used during his reign: Amenhotep III
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
The Tomb
RHIND, A H 1862. Thebes: its Tombs and their Tenants Ancient and Present (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts), pp.84-87
B Porter & R B Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings (Oxford: Clarendon Press/Griffith Institute), I/2, The Theban Necropolis2 Part 2 (1964), p.671
Dodson, A., Janssen, J.J., ‘A Theban Tomb and Its Tenants’ in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol.75, 1898, pp.125-138, pl. X-XI
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Large silver-gilt canister, with a cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Tall silver-gilt canister, with a cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Medium-sized silver-gilt canister, with a pierced cover and a card and silk liner, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Liner of card and silk, to protect a silver-gilt canister and cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, c. 1803, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Silver-gilt canister with two compartments, medium-sized with a pull-off cover and a card and silk liner, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Liner of card and silk, to protect a silver-gilt canister and cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, c. 1803, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Small silver-gilt canister, with a cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825
Small silver-gilt canister, with two compartments and a pull-off cover, from the nécessaire de voyage or travelling service assembled by Martin-Guillaume Biennais for Napoleon's sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, possibly at the time of her marriage to Prince Camillo Borghese in 1803: French, Paris, by Marie-Joseph-Gabriel Genu, hallmarked 1798 - 1809, bequeathed to Alexander, 10th Duke of Hamilton, in 1825