Linen mark, Masaharta

Linen mark, Masaharta

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This linen mark comes from the bandages used to rewrap the mummy of the Dynasty 18 Queen Meritamun at Thebes. Her tomb had been plundered at least twice in antiquity, the second time almost 500 years after her original burial. The High Priest of Amun Masaharta, who controlled the Theban area, ordered and supervised the restoration of the mummy and grave goods, using materials from the treasuries of the Temple of Amun. This inscription, cut from the edge of the outermost layer of the wrappings, reads: "Linen, made by the High Priest of Amun, Masaharta, true of voice, for his father Amun in Year 18."

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.