Hen Nekht/Hennekht (Sanakht)

Possible skull of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Hen Nekht/Hennekht (Sanakht), from the large mastaba K2 at Beit Khallaf.

mummy hand

 

Mummy hand

The very well-preserved left hand of a female mummy, broken off at the wrist, coated with bitumen and bearing traces of gilding. On the first finger is a ring of gold wire with a bezel consisting of a lapis lazuli obelisk capped with gold, the base is gold with wire scroll and granulated goldwork decoration. The obelisk is pierced through the shaft for the gold wire. On the second finger is a ring with a similar bezel, also capped in gold. On the third finger is a gold wire ring with a small lapis lazuli scarab in it. The fourth finger carries a ring of gold with a flattened lozenge-shaped bezel.

Present location LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number M11438

Dating ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site SAQQARA NECROPOLIS ?

Category ELEMENT OF HUMAN MUMMY

Material LAPIS LAZULI; GOLD; ORGANIC

Bibliography

Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 56; pl.81.

Charles Gatty., Catalogue of the Mayer Collection (Part One)., 1879., 29-30, No 130.

P.H.K. Gray and Dorothy Slow; 'Egyptian Mummies in the City of Liverpool Museums.' 1968.

http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=4288

Ahmose-Meritamon

Ahmose-Meritamon was found entombed in DB320. Like other mummies of the era, she was found to be heavily damaged by tomb robbers. An examination of her mummy shows that she suffered a head wound prior to her death which was the possible result of falling backwards

Lady Rai

G. Elliott Smith (1871-1937) - Catalogue General Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire: The Royal Mummies Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 1912 Catalogue General Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire DT57.C2 vol 59, plate VI

Mummy of Lady Rai, nursemaid of Ahmose-Nefertari, herself queen of pharaoh Ahmose, discovered in a Theban Tomb in 1881. End of 17th-beginning of 18th dynasty; now in Cairo Museum.

 

Mummy of Neskhons

G. Elliott Smith (1871-1937) - Catalogue General Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire: The Royal Mummies. Le Caire: Imprimerie de L'institut Francais D'archeologie Orientale, 1912. Catalogue General Antiquites Egyptiennes du Musee du Caire, DT57.C2 vol 59, plate LXXXIV

Mummy of Neskhons, Chantress of Amun during the 21st dynasty, found in DB320.

 

Seqnenre-Taa II (c. 1574 B.C.

 

 Seqnenre-Taa II (c. 1574 B.C.)

http://members.tripod.com/anubis4_2000/17A.htm#Seqnenre-Taa%20II

cat mummy

Sarcophagus for Cat Mummy, ca 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea-b. Wikipedia Loves Art at the Brooklyn Museum