Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure

Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Corner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of NeferureCorner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of NeferureCorner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of NeferureCorner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of NeferureCorner of a Sheet Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.