| A
mummy of a woman wrapped in linen bandages and covered with
five pieces of cartonnage. The first
piece is a mask covering the face, and on which are represented
the facial features, the eyes, nose, mouth and ears. Two curls
of hair flank the mask. The face is gilded.
The second piece is a pectoral, decorated
with a scarab spreading its wing. Each wing terminates with
the hawk head and above it the solar-disc.
The third piece covers the abdomen, and bears
a representation of the goddess Nut sitting and spreading
her arms, which are in form of a bird’s wings. Each wing terminates
in a hand holding the plume of justice of the goddess Maat.
The fourth piece is rectangular in shape,
framed with a band of geometrical decoration, which encloses
a vertical line of hieroglyphic.
The fifth piece covers the feet. Its top
is painted with a drawing of the feet, and its bottom with the
soles of sandals in color. |
