Donor: Phoebe Apperson Hearst / Culture or time period: Ancient Egyptian / Person depicted: Isis (Egyptian and Roman deity) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 6-20839, described as Blue Isis and Horus amulet. XII Dynasty, Middle Empire

Hearst Museum object titled Inner coffin, accession number 6-19928, described as Wooden anthropoid coffin, highly decorated. Face is painted green with darkened varnish coating. 6-19933a,b (a: faience, coral and bone or shell beads from bead net; b: large faience scarab) and 12-11039 (mummy) were removed from inside it. According to Kea Johnston, "The motif of Osiris in a thicket of trees on the bottom register of this coffin is characteristic of a series of coffins from the city of Akhmim. It is a strong parallel with a group of other coffins from Akhmim, including the cartonnage of Peniu in the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, and the coffin of Nespaqashuty in Detmold, Germany. All of these coffins can be dated to the 25th and 26th dynasty stylistically." "Iwefaa's coffin has a few motifs that are, as far as we know, unique. These include the depiction of the Four Sons of Horus as nude, animal-headed children in the top register, and the mummiform 'solarized' Osiris figure on the back." "The inscriptions on Iwefaa's coffins don't give him any titles, and the name of his father is unclear. It may be 'Qashuty'. The museum is also in possession of remains of a bead-net from his mummy [6-19933], and the mummy itself [12-11039]. We can tell from examining his mummy that he was probably between 40 and 60 years old and had a very slight build." "Over the course of this project, we made the exciting discovery that the museum also seems to have Iwefaa's outer coffin [6-19912] in its possession. Perhaps these other items will someday give us a clue to Iwefaa's identity in relation to the nobility at Akhmim.

Hearst Museum object titled Isis amulet, accession number 6-22023, described as amulet in form of Isis (?), of green faience

Hearst Museum object titled Isis and horus amulet, accession number 6-22080, described as small amulet of Isis and Horus, fragment; length 14 mm

Hearst Museum object titled Isis and horus amulet, accession number 6-22073, described as Amulet: Isis suckling Horus, of blue glaze; length 55 mm

Hearst Museum object titled Isis and horus amulet, accession number 6-22160, described as bronze amulet of Isis and Horus; length 38 mm

Hearst Museum object titled Isis and horus amulet, accession number 6-22161, described as Amulet, glaze almost gone, of Isis and Horus, headdress broken; length 32 mm

Hearst Museum object titled Isis and horus amulet, accession number 6-22166, described as amulet, Isis and Horus, of green faience; length 65 mm

Hearst Museum object titled Isis figurine, accession number 6-21993, described as Figurine of Isis suckling Horus, of blue glaze. Length 25 mm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy case, accession number 5-1404a-c, described as Painted wood mummy case inside an outer, painted wood "krsw" coffin (four posts, curved head and foot boards, curved lid); bag of fragments. Outer coffin: ḥtp dỉ nsw Wsỉr Skr nb Štı͗t, dı͗.f prt-ḫrw t ḥnḳt k3w 3pdw snṯr ḳbḥw irp ḫt nb nfr n k3 n ḥs ẖnw n ʾImn ʾImn-ı͗rı͗-dı͗·s(t) s3t n ẖry-ḥbt n St-m'3 ʾiw·f-'3w. Translation: A boon which the king gives (to) Sokar-Osiris Lord of Shetjet, that he may give invocation offerings of bread and beer, cattle and fowl, incense, water, wine (and) every good thing for the ka of the chantress of the residence of Amon Amenirdis, daughter of the Lector-Priest of the Place of Truth, Iwefaaw.