Title

Outer coffin of Henettawy, c1040-991 BC. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Outer coffin of Henettawy, c1040-991 BC. Henettawy was a mistress of the house and chantress of Amun-Re. She lived in Thebes during the 21st Dynasty, in the Ancient Egyptian Third Intermediate period. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

1040 BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B98_122

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,6Mb (1,5Mb) / 6,3in x 19,0in / 1876 x 5696 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people face religious country Egypt religion body writing color colour Egyptian decoration painted death location century hieroglyphics burial lady artefact concept mummy artifact coffin hieroglyphic Ancient Egyptian Art Media 10th century BC 11th century BC 21st Dynasty mummy case priestess the body Third Intermediate period Henettawy Unknown