Cartonnage of Nespanetjerenpere Cartonnage, a substance made of
cloth or papyrus mixed with plaster and water, was used during
the Third Intermediate Period to make an innermost case for the
mummified body. The mummy was inserted and the covering was then
painted with funerary scenes and inscriptions and placed in one
or more coffins, which had been decorated in much the same way.
The decoration here was chosen to associate its occupant, the
priest Nespanetjerenpere, with divine resurrection. The ram-
headed falcon on his chest represents the sun god's nightly
journey through the land of the dead. The small figures on the
front represent deities aligned with various parts of his body,
as described in the funerary Book of the Dead. - Medium: Linen
or papyrus mixed with plaster, pigment, glass, lapis lazuli -
Reportedly From: Thebes, Egypt - Dates: ca. 945-718 B.C.E. -
Dynasty: XXII Dynasty - Period: Third Intermediate Period -
Dimensions: H: 69 11/16 x W: 17 5/16 in. (177 x 44 cm) Other
(Height to top of beard)