Coffin 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.
- 1897/11/3/3
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- West, RB, Mr
- Material
- woodplasterpigment
- Common Name
- coffin of Shep en-Mut
- Simple Name
- coffin
- Period Classification
- 3rd Intermediate Period (Dynasties 21-25) - 1070-661 BC
- Production Country
- Egypt
- Production Date
- -800