Mummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elements

Mummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elements

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This mummified body belongs to a priest named Irtirutja and still includes the original linen wrappings. His mask and other cartonnage elements show repeatedly a winged scarab beetle with a sun disk, a symbol of regeneration. His elaborately decorated coffin (see 86.1.52a, b) features yet another scarab on the head, a broad collar with falcon-head terminals and various protective deities. The coffin’s inscription lists Irtirutja's paternal ancestors of seven earlier generations including his father Harresnet and his mother Taneferti.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elementsMummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elementsMummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elementsMummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elementsMummy of Irtirutja with mask and other cartonnage elements

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.