Mummy cases offered physical protection from animals and other intruders, as well as a more spiritual form of protection. Hieroglyphs were painted on both the inside and outside of the case, providing prayers for protection and praise for the individual in the afterlife.

Mummy cases were New Kingdom boxes that fit between the mummified human or animal and the coffin. They were made in two styles: a box and lid like a coffin, or a box with doors in the back that laced closed.

Aug 29, 2018 · A Stanford sophomore found inscriptions on an ancient Egyptian mummy case as well as the name of the woman buried in it while researching pieces of the artifact.

This mummy case is made of cartonnage, a material similar to papier-mâché, but using layers of linen rather than paper. Cartonnage mummy cases such as these are contemporary with funerary portraits painted on wood or linen, although they present a very different appearance.

Mummy of a priest, aged 30-40 years, named Nesperennub, son of Ankhefenkhons. The body is encased in a painted cartonnage mummy-case. Skull - Mouth closed. Some teeth missing. There is considerable dental attrition. Artificial eyes inserted in orbits. Bound on to the top of the head is an opaque object resembling a skull-cap.

After a body was embalmed and wrapped in linen bandages, the mummy was placed in a case or coffin. Cases of the rich were often carefully carved to be body-shaped, and were lavishly and colorfully decorated. Egyptian mummy cases were painted in …

Symbolic pictures of Osiris appear in several places on Lady Teshat's mummy case. Each image embodies ATTRIBUTES that identify the god. In this painting from the right shoulder he is depicted as an enthroned king, reinforcing his role as ruler of the dead.

This anthropoid mummy case is made of cartonnage, a material consisting of several layers of linen or papyrus pasted together and covered by a thin layer of plaster and painted. The case originally contained the mummy of a man named Nebnetcheru, who was a priest with the title of God’s Father of Amun at Karnak Temple.

The mummy case of Nakhtefmut is constructed of cartonnage and was found in excavations by Quibell at the Ramesseum in 1896. The burial was intact. The mummy case, with the body of Nakhtefmut inside, was found inside three wooden coffins, as described by Quibell as follows: On the outer coffin of this personage, above the chest, stood a jackal ...

This mummy was found in a grave containing several other mummies, including EA 22108 (mummy of a young child), the mummy of a young girl (Manchester Museum) and the mummy of a woman (shroud in the Cairo Museum).