Cartonnage mask of Shep en-Mut
The ancient Egyptian mummy, coffin and cartonnage of Shep en-Mut were donated to the museum in 1897. The decoration and inscriptions show she was a married woman, and the daughter of NesAmenempit, who is described as a ‘carrier of the milk-jar’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 1897/11/3/2
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- West, RB, Mr
- Material
- wood | plaster | pigment | |
- Common Name
- cartonnage mask of Shep en-Mut
- Simple Name
- cartonnage mask
- Period Classification
- 3rd Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21-25) - 1070-661 BC
- Production Town
- Production Country
- Egypt
- Production Date
- -800
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
