Description:

Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom Period, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991 to 1806 BCE. A small fragment of tightly-woven linen used as wrappings for the mummy of Khnumu-Nekht (sometimes Khnumu-Nakht). Khnumu-Nekht was a priest of the ram-headed deity Khnum who was perceived as the local version of Osiris due to Osiris' association with rams. The tomb of Khnumu-Nekht and his brother Nekht-Ankh was found under the direction of famous archaeologist William Flinders Petrie in Der Rifeh, the cemetery plot within the ancient Egyptian town of Shas-hotep (sometimes Shas-hetep). Accompanying the linen fragment is an original news article dated May 07, 1908 which recounts the unwrapping and observation of the mummy. Mounted atop a fabric-lined panel inside a frame. Size (fragment): 4" W x 3" H (10.2 cm x 7.6 cm); size (frame): 22.125" W x 18.25" H (56.2 cm x 46.4 cm).

For more information on the body, burial, and funerary offerings of Khnumu-Nekht, please see: Murray, Alice Margaret. "The Tomb of Two Brothers." Manchester, 1910 (digital library, New York University): http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/sites/dl-pa.home.nyu.edu.awdl/files/tomboftwobrother00murr/tomboftwobrother00murr.pdf

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Frank Limpert collection, North Stonington, Connecticut, USA; (fragment) ex-Manchester Museum, Manchester, England

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  • Condition: This is a fragment of the complete wrappings of Khnumu-Nekht. Light fraying and staining to fragment, with small losses to peripheries and one corner. Light staining, fading, and creasing to accompanying news article commensurate with age.

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