Leather Funerary Shrine of Asetemachbjt "B" 21a Dynasty, Thebes, TT320 Secrets of a unification design revealed Site Index Iconography index Network Index |
The figure studied here has remained unidentified until the day of this web-publication. It has been
described as "perhaps a kind of vegetable", "perhaps some kind of animal" etc. Digital image analysis
makes it possible to identify this design as an otherwise unknown unification symbol.
This unicum was made during the ca. nine year period between the death of the High Priest of Amun,
Masaharta, and the death of his father Chacheperre Paynedjem (I) for the funeral of Asetemachbjt "B", a
daughter of Masaharta. The funerary shrine (generally called "tent") bears the name of Masaharta,
"deceased", and the name and cartouches of Chacheperre Paynedjem who was the actual ruler at the
time of the burial
We extend our sincere thanks to the Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, for making this study possible.
Photos by Sergej V. Ivanov , digital editing, analysis and text by Edward R. Loring.
Intellectual property of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Egyptological Studies
All rights reserved. el/cesras/10.August.07
described as "perhaps a kind of vegetable", "perhaps some kind of animal" etc. Digital image analysis
makes it possible to identify this design as an otherwise unknown unification symbol.
This unicum was made during the ca. nine year period between the death of the High Priest of Amun,
Masaharta, and the death of his father Chacheperre Paynedjem (I) for the funeral of Asetemachbjt "B", a
daughter of Masaharta. The funerary shrine (generally called "tent") bears the name of Masaharta,
"deceased", and the name and cartouches of Chacheperre Paynedjem who was the actual ruler at the
time of the burial
We extend our sincere thanks to the Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, for making this study possible.
Photos by Sergej V. Ivanov , digital editing, analysis and text by Edward R. Loring.
Intellectual property of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Egyptological Studies
All rights reserved. el/cesras/10.August.07
To make this composite symbol clear we will
consider it in both upright and inverted positions.
consider it in both upright and inverted positions.
Lotus bud:
Compare with typical figure at right from coffin of Nesychonsw
Compare with typical figure at right from coffin of Nesychonsw
View of design in situ with name and title of Asetemachbjt: "Daughter of the High Priest of
Amun-raw, Great One of the "Harem" of Min, Horus and Isis in Achmim, the lady Asetemachbjt.
Amun-raw, Great One of the "Harem" of Min, Horus and Isis in Achmim, the lady Asetemachbjt.
Joining element of unification
Papyrus and Lotus blossom representing Lower and Upper Egypt
Clump of Papyrus from a different
section of the shrine.
section of the shrine.
Papyrus cut
Lotus blossom from a different
area of the shrine: a unique
example of this common design
executed in leather.
Compare below lotus offerings on
the uschebti-box of Henwttawy.
area of the shrine: a unique
example of this common design
executed in leather.
Compare below lotus offerings on
the uschebti-box of Henwttawy.
Isis Osiris Imjwt Offerings "Queen" Henwttawy wearing vulture
"Mistress of the Heavens" "Lord of Eternity" headdress with uaeus, offering.
"Mistress of the Heavens" "Lord of Eternity" headdress with uaeus, offering.