Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

This fragment of linen is inscribed in ink with the cartouche of Hatshepsut's daughter, Neferure. It came from a bandage used in wrapping of the mummy of Ramose, the father of Senenmut (36.3.252) and husband of Hatnefer (36.3.1). The bandage had been torn from a coarse linen sheet and was 7 1/2 inches wide (19 cm) and almost 15 feet long (455 cm). The original sheet probably came from a storeroom of goods set aside for the use of the princess. An entire sheet used in Ramose's mummy wrappings was also inscribed with Neferure's name (36.3.148).

Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure, Linen, ink

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