MMA 59

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Theban Tomb MMA 59
Burial site of Henuttawy (F)
Inner Coffin of Henettawy (F) MET 25.3.183a b EGDP022927.jpg
Inner Coffin of Henuttawy (F)
Location Deir el-Bahari
Discovered Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt
Excavated byDiscovered and excavated by Winlock during the 1923–24 season
Decorationnone

The Theban Tomb known as MMA 59 is located in Deir el-Bahari. It forms part of the Theban Necropolis, situated on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. The tomb is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian Henuttawy, who dates to the 21st Dynasty and was a Singer of Amun. [1]

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Henuttawy was apparently a regular citizen and not related to the royal family. [2] She was buried in the tomb previously carved for a man named Minmose. The lid of the outer coffin was not pegged won according to Winlock. Inside the inner coffin the mummy was covered by a wooden board. Henuttawy is depicted with an elaborate collar and below that a carefully painted bead-net covering. A row of hieroglyphics on the front of the mummy board invoke the goddess Mut. The mummy did not fit the coffin and the feet were damaged when the mummy was forced inside. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 H. E. Winlock, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 19, No. 12, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Egyptian Expedition 1923–1924", (December 1924), pp. 22–24
  2. Kitchen, Kenneth A. The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100–650 B.C. (Book & Supplement) Aris & Phillips. 1986, p 57, ISBN   978-0856682988