Tiny Mummy mask
Detail from one of the miniature coffins for the foetuses.
Two miniature anthropoid coffins found inside an undecorated wooden box placed side by side, the lid of the box sealed with the jackal and nine captive motif. The outer surface of the coffins painted with black resin decorated with gilded bands with inscription. Stripes of linen had been tied around the coffins beneath the chin and around the waist and ankles. When the linen was removed and the lids taken away, the coffins were each found to contain a second coffin, with a gilded surface. Inside these gilded coffins were two tiny mummified foetuses. Upon the first mummy head was placed a well modeled mask of gilded cartonnage.
18th dynasty, from Thebes, the tomb of Tutankhamun - KV 62
JE 60693A
Upper floor, gallery 13
Cairo Museum
Tiny Mummy mask
Detail from one of the miniature coffins for the foetuses.
Two miniature anthropoid coffins found inside an undecorated wooden box placed side by side, the lid of the box sealed with the jackal and nine captive motif. The outer surface of the coffins painted with black resin decorated with gilded bands with inscription. Stripes of linen had been tied around the coffins beneath the chin and around the waist and ankles. When the linen was removed and the lids taken away, the coffins were each found to contain a second coffin, with a gilded surface. Inside these gilded coffins were two tiny mummified foetuses. Upon the first mummy head was placed a well modeled mask of gilded cartonnage.
18th dynasty, from Thebes, the tomb of Tutankhamun - KV 62
JE 60693A
Upper floor, gallery 13
Cairo Museum