Mummy bandage inscribed with a wedjat eye
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 21
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Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 21
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Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: L. 14 × W. 12 cm (5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.3.186
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Henettawy's unembalmed body was wrapped in bandages of fine linen, inscribed in places with protective emblems. This fringed square bears a wedjat, the healed eye of Horus, roughly drawn in ink. Wounded in battle and then made whole again, this eye was a potent symbol of regeneration. In this context, it indicated that the linen was of very fine quality
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Linen
Dimensions: L. 14 × W. 12 cm (5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.3.186
metmusuem.org
Henettawy's unembalmed body was wrapped in bandages of fine linen, inscribed in places with protective emblems. This fringed square bears a wedjat, the healed eye of Horus, roughly drawn in ink. Wounded in battle and then made whole again, this eye was a potent symbol of regeneration. In this context, it indicated that the linen was of very fine quality
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