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Mummy Cartonnage of the mistress of the house Shepen-Khonsu was found in the tomb of kheru-ef in Qurna. It was made in layers of linen and gesso modelled in human form and is decorated with religious scenes and texts. It would have been put into a wooden coffin for burial. The Cartonnage is decorated with a finely painted face. Atum, the ram-headed god, is spreading it's wings over the chest. On its sides are depicted the mumiform of Osiris and the 4 sons of horus. Lower are the emblems of Abydos - a falcon with outstretched wings flanked by Isis and Nephthys. |