Mummy Board of Henettawy (C), Probable Sister-Wife of High Priest of Amun Smendes. Dimensions: l. 171 cm (67 5/16 in). Dynasty: Dynasty 21. Date: ca. 990-970 B.C..Discovered in a communal tomb dug in the courtyard of Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri, this is the innermost element of a nest of coffins belonging to the Mistress of the House, Singer of Amun, Chief of the Harim of Amun, Flutist of Mut, and God's Mother of Khonsu Henettawy (C). Likely the daughter of the High Priest of Amun, Menkheperre, and his wife Isetemkheb, she apparently married the next pontiff, Smendes and died at some seventy years of age. When this board was lifted, the body beneath was found enveloped in a shroud bearing an image of the god Osiris, with amulets wrapped within her bandages for additional protection (see 25.3.171a to e). Buried with her were several religious papyri (25.3.28.29; see also 25.3.35a-b), as well as two boxes of faience shabtis (25.3.19, .20). Her outer coffins are now in the Museum
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