Year collected: [Missing] / Loans: S1995-1996 #8: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 1, 1995–November 1, 1996) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Year collected [Missing] Loans S1995-1996 #8: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 1, 1995–November 1, 1996)

Hearst Museum object titled Canopic box, accession number 6-17149a,b, described as a) Wooden canopic jar; chimney shaped with picture writing. b) Wooden lid with falcon element. Lid and box did not originally belong together.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy mask, accession number 6-20104, described as Mummy mask. Height 11 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Mummy mask, accession number 6-20107, described as cartonnage, mummy mask Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

Hearst Museum object titled Sarcophagus lid, accession number 5-522, described as Stone sarcophagus lid of heavy gray stone; estimated weight: 7600 pounds; XXVI Dynasty. Inscription: "Head physician, chief of the Libyans, Psmtk (Psamtek/Psametik). According to Kea Johnston, "As for the Doctor himself, he was an overseer of an enclave of Libyan mercenaries as well as the Chief of Physicians. He had the wealth and proximity to the king to build himself a magnificent tomb in the form of a room-sized underground sarcophagus. Of his family, we know very little beyond their names. His mother was named Tagemiraset, and his father was Harsiese. He may also have been related to a lady named Setjairetbinet, whose intact burial was found in a side-room of his tomb." "Strangely, the Doctor was never buried in his tomb, and the basalt sarcophagus lid was left propped above its basin, waiting for his body to be deposited inside. Maspero (1900) thinks he might have died in the struggles with the Persians that ended the Dynasty.

Hearst Museum object titled Stela, accession number 6-19881, described as Stele of priestess of Hathor Sat-ent-Jankheret. From end of Old Empire to middle of Middle Empire, 9th to early 11th Dynasties. Also: Stela of Satnetinheret.