The Funerary Boxes of Maetkare Mutemhat in the Egyptian Museum | ||
| International Journal of Tourism, Archaeology and Hospitality | ||
| Article 7, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 115-128 PDF (1.12 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijtah.2023.177652.1019 | ||
| Authors | ||
| May Farouk* ; Maher Hammam Mohamed | ||
| Sadat City University, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels | ||
| Abstract | ||
| God's Wife of Amun (Hmt nTr n imn) was the most supreme priestess of the country since the New Kingdom. The funerary goods of one particular Third Intermediate period priestess, Maatkare Mutemhat, were discovered in Dier Albahari cachette along with her mummy and those belonging to her extended family. The present article aims at publishing her three funerary boxes which are exhibited in the Egyptian museum (numbers JE 26264A , JE 26264B and JE 26268) , handling them within the broader category of funerary boxes as well as shedding the light on the life, titles and status of Maatkare Mutemhat during the 21st Dynasty. Though some references mentioned the discovery of two boxes for Maatkare, and others have included a picture of JE 26264A, no scientific publication of this assemblage had been achieved. Moreover, no sources make any mention of the third box (JE 26268) which most certainly belongs to the same person, judging from the place of discovery and inscriptions. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Funerary boxes; Egyptian museum; God's wife of Amun; Maatkare Mutemhat | ||
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