Mummy Bandage of Wennefer, Born of Taamun Renpetnefret
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The vignette depicts Wen-nefer sitting in front of an offering table, greeting three deities with his right hand. In his left hand he holds the image of his heart—the seat of consciousness—next to its correct anatomical place.
MEDIUM
Linen, ink
DATES
332 B.C.E.–1st century C.E.
PERIOD
Ptolemaic Period or later
DIMENSIONS
4 1/4 × 1/16 × 20 in. (10.8 × 0.2 × 50.8 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.2039.75E
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
The object is a fragment of a mummy bandage depicting a spell from the Book of the Dead, Spell sequence: BD 25 V - 26 - 27 V. Spells from the Book of the Dead are written on the bandage in black pigment in horizontal lines reading from right to left. A blank column marks the division between the spells. Illustrated vignettes are placed in these divisions between the text and relate to the adjacent spell. The vignette represented on this bandage is the heart spell. The deceased is holding the hieroglyph for "heart" over his chest and is seated before three deities. It is a plain weave strip of medium brown linen. The thread is spun in an S-twist.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Mummy Bandage of Wennefer, Born of Taamun Renpetnefret, 332 B.C.E.–1st century C.E. Linen, ink, 4 1/4 × 1/16 × 20 in. (10.8 × 0.2 × 50.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2039.75E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2039.75E_PS9.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 37.2039.75E_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2016
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