<em>Ramesside Mummy Board</em>, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E. Wood, gesso, pigment, 73 x 19 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (185.4 x 50.2 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1520E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1520E_PS9.jpg)

Ramesside Mummy Board, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E. Wood, gesso, pigment, 73 x 19 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (185.4 x 50.2 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1520E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1520E_PS9.jpg)

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Ramesside Mummy Board

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Funerary Gallery 1, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Mummy boards are flat, full-length, wood coverings placed directly on the mummy inside the coffin. On these boards, artists depicted the deceased wearing everyday dress. An inscription, now lost, would have identified this man. In his left hand he holds a handkerchief and an ankh-sign, indicating high rank.

MEDIUM Wood, gesso, pigment

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 19

PERIOD New Kingdom, Ramesside Period

DIMENSIONS 73 x 19 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (185.4 x 50.2 x 13.7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1520E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented, reportedly from Saqqara, Egypt; by 1852, collected in Egypt by Henry Abbott; 1859, purchased by the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned from the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; September 1948, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Wooden coffin lid, made of several pieces of wood pieced together, depicting a man wearing a layered kilt, shirt, and elaborate heavy wig. Left hand holds a folded cloth and ankh sign, right hand is flat on the kilt. Remnants of painted decoration - collar and bracelets. Wood, gessoed and painted.

EXHIBITIONS

Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Funerary Gallery 1, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Ramesside Mummy Board, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E. Wood, gesso, pigment, 73 x 19 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (185.4 x 50.2 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1520E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1520E_PS9.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 37.1520E_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2016

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