Mummy mask

Description

Mummy-mask of gilded and painted linen and plaster cartonnage, depicting Montsuef wearing a lappet-wig, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Early Roman Period, c.9BC

Museum reference

A.1956.191

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mummy mask

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Roman Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Cartonnage, Gold

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Montsuef

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The Tomb

References

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 50, p.126

On display

national museum of scotland »
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world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered