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Hearst Museum object titled Broken amulet, accession number 5-7404a,b, described as Amulet. Neb (?) Carnelian. Broken. Double crown in basket. (a) Length 1.19 cm, width 8.4 mm, depth 3.5 mm. (b) Length 4.3 mm, width 3 mm.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cartonnage, accession number 6-15491, described as cartonnage: five rectangular panels with paintings of kneeling female figures (Isis and Nephthys), jackal deity (Duamutef) and falcon deity (Qebesenuef); picture writing, two panels broken.

Hearst Museum object titled Coffin, accession number 6-19930.1, described as The coffin of a 10-to-12-year-old child named Patjenef. The coffin is a four-poster rectangular coffin with vaulted lid. The head-end lunette has iconography from the Book of the Earth. The rectangular panel below the head-end lunette has a winged image of Nephthys, while the panel on foot-end displays a winged image of Isis. Both sides of the coffin are adorned with alternating pairs of djed-pillars and tyet symbols. The interior bottom of the basin features an image of Nut painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background, and the interior of the vaulted lid has four sons of Horus painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background. Each of the two vault planks directly above the sides of the coffin box contains a row of 17 kneeling guardian deities, each holding a knife. Remains of texts and images above the guardians and on the vault planks above indicate another row of similar guardian deities, perhaps for a total of 68 guardians. The texts consist of statements of protection and benefits for the coffin owner in the afterlife by various deities (Osiris, Sokar, Anubis, Nephthys, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris) on the coffin posts, by the guardians on the coffin sides, by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys on the coffin ends, and in the text accompanying imagery from the Book of the Earth on the head-end lunette. According to Barbara Richter, "a study of the paleography suggests two hands wrote the hieroglyphic text. Multivalent hieroglyphs allow multiple interpretations of some examples of the owner's name and titles, allowing relevant secondary meanings." Generally, the coffin is in good condition, but it has one missing plank in the vaulted top, and a missing lower portion of the plank above side 3 (i.e., the "east" side, if head end is "north" and foot end is "south"). There is some loss of texts on posts and ends of coffin box, and complete loss of text on the central plank of the vaulted top.

Hearst Museum object titled Coffin panels, accession number 5-406a,b, described as 2 wooden coffin panels; rectangular; decorated on both sides with painted figures; from a woman's coffin. The Lady of the House and Chantress of Amun, Ta(net)-Gebtiu(net)-tawy. a) front: funerary prayers and scenes. in square on left center are Osiris enthroned with Nephthis hehind him and the woman (of this coffin) worshipping before him, (Klaus Baer). back: 3 underworld deities: human-headed, lamp-headed and baboon-headed. b) front: Osiris with Nephthys and Selket, ba birds, assessor gods. back: 3 underworld gods; 1 feather-headed and 2 human-headed.

Hearst Museum object titled Coffin with mummy, accession number 6-19930, described as The coffin and the mummy of a 10-to-12-year-old child named Patjenef. The coffin is a four-poster rectangular coffin with vaulted lid. The head-end lunette has iconography from the Book of the Earth. The rectangular panel below the head-end lunette has a winged image of Nephthys, while the panel on foot-end displays a winged image of Isis. Both sides of the coffin are adorned with alternating pairs of djed-pillars and tyet symbols. The interior bottom of the basin features an image of Nut painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background, and the interior of the vaulted lid has four sons of Horus painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background. Each of the two vault planks directly above the sides of the coffin box contains a row of 17 kneeling guardian deities, each holding a knife. Remains of texts and images above the guardians and on the vault planks above indicate another row of similar guardian deities, perhaps for a total of 68 guardians. The texts consist of statements of protection and benefits for the coffin owner in the afterlife by various deities (Osiris, Sokar, Anubis, Nephthys, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris) on the coffin posts, by the guardians on the coffin sides, by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys on the coffin ends, and in the text accompanying imagery from the Book of the Earth on the head-end lunette. According to Barbara Richter, "a study of the paleography suggests two hands wrote the hieroglyphic text. Multivalent hieroglyphs allow multiple interpretations of some examples of the owner's name and titles, allowing relevant secondary meanings." Generally, the coffin is in good condition, but it has one missing plank in the vaulted top, and a missing lower portion of the plank above side 3 (i.e., the "east" side, if head end is "north" and foot end is "south"). There is some loss of texts on posts and ends of coffin box, and complete loss of text on the central plank of the vaulted top.

Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 6-19432, described as Soapstone slab; broken and repaired; female human figure in relief.

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 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Broken amulet, accession number 5-7404a,b, described as Amulet. Neb (?) Carnelian. Broken. Double crown in basket. (a) Length 1.19 cm, width 8.4 mm, depth 3.5 mm. (b) Length 4.3 mm, width 3 mm.

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Cartonnage

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Hearst Museum object titled Coffin, accession number 6-19930.1, described as The coffin of a 10-to-12-year-old child named Patjenef. The coffin is a four-poster rectangular coffin with vaulted lid. The head-end lunette has iconography from the Book of the Earth. The rectangular panel below the head-end lunette has a winged image of Nephthys, while the panel on foot-end displays a winged image of Isis. Both sides of the coffin are adorned with alternating pairs of djed-pillars and tyet symbols. The interior bottom of the basin features an image of Nut painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background, and the interior of the vaulted lid has four sons of Horus painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background. Each of the two vault planks directly above the sides of the coffin box contains a row of 17 kneeling guardian deities, each holding a knife. Remains of texts and images above the guardians and on the vault planks above indicate another row of similar guardian deities, perhaps for a total of 68 guardians. The texts consist of statements of protection and benefits for the coffin owner in the afterlife by various deities (Osiris, Sokar, Anubis, Nephthys, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris) on the coffin posts, by the guardians on the coffin sides, by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys on the coffin ends, and in the text accompanying imagery from the Book of the Earth on the head-end lunette. According to Barbara Richter, "a study of the paleography suggests two hands wrote the hieroglyphic text. Multivalent hieroglyphs allow multiple interpretations of some examples of the owner's name and titles, allowing relevant secondary meanings." Generally, the coffin is in good condition, but it has one missing plank in the vaulted top, and a missing lower portion of the plank above side 3 (i.e., the "east" side, if head end is "north" and foot end is "south"). There is some loss of texts on posts and ends of coffin box, and complete loss of text on the central plank of the vaulted top.

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Hearst Museum object titled Coffin panels, accession number 5-406a,b, described as 2 wooden coffin panels; rectangular; decorated on both sides with painted figures; from a woman's coffin. The Lady of the House and Chantress of Amun, Ta(net)-Gebtiu(net)-tawy. a) front: funerary prayers and scenes. in square on left center are Osiris enthroned with Nephthis hehind him and the woman (of this coffin) worshipping before him, (Klaus Baer). back: 3 underworld deities: human-headed, lamp-headed and baboon-headed. b) front: Osiris with Nephthys and Selket, ba birds, assessor gods. back: 3 underworld gods; 1 feather-headed and 2 human-headed.

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Hearst Museum object titled Coffin with mummy, accession number 6-19930, described as The coffin and the mummy of a 10-to-12-year-old child named Patjenef. The coffin is a four-poster rectangular coffin with vaulted lid. The head-end lunette has iconography from the Book of the Earth. The rectangular panel below the head-end lunette has a winged image of Nephthys, while the panel on foot-end displays a winged image of Isis. Both sides of the coffin are adorned with alternating pairs of djed-pillars and tyet symbols. The interior bottom of the basin features an image of Nut painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background, and the interior of the vaulted lid has four sons of Horus painted in red ochre on a whitewashed background. Each of the two vault planks directly above the sides of the coffin box contains a row of 17 kneeling guardian deities, each holding a knife. Remains of texts and images above the guardians and on the vault planks above indicate another row of similar guardian deities, perhaps for a total of 68 guardians. The texts consist of statements of protection and benefits for the coffin owner in the afterlife by various deities (Osiris, Sokar, Anubis, Nephthys, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris) on the coffin posts, by the guardians on the coffin sides, by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys on the coffin ends, and in the text accompanying imagery from the Book of the Earth on the head-end lunette. According to Barbara Richter, "a study of the paleography suggests two hands wrote the hieroglyphic text. Multivalent hieroglyphs allow multiple interpretations of some examples of the owner's name and titles, allowing relevant secondary meanings." Generally, the coffin is in good condition, but it has one missing plank in the vaulted top, and a missing lower portion of the plank above side 3 (i.e., the "east" side, if head end is "north" and foot end is "south"). There is some loss of texts on posts and ends of coffin box, and complete loss of text on the central plank of the vaulted top.

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Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 6-19432, described as Soapstone slab; broken and repaired; female human figure in relief.

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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.

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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.

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