Outer Coffin of Nephthys

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The mummy of Nephthys (11.150.15c) was buried in a coffin set that included an outer rectangular wooden coffin and an inner mummy-shaped coffin (11.150.15b) made out of cartonnage (layers of linen with plaster). On the outer coffin is her name and her title "mayor’s daughter," but both are a later addition, indicating that the coffin was originally made for another person.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art