Masaharta, High Priest of Amun in Thebes,D21a,CESRAS Index & Links

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Masaharta, High Priest of Amun in Thebes (HPA), 1055/54-1046/45; reburial of his remains found in TT320
Son of HPA and King Pinodjem I Khakheperre and his (sister?)-wife Isetemkheb A (?) (her burial or remains are not known)

Masahartj is a Libyan name, reflecting the ancestral origin of the 21a Dynasty of Piankh (pAy-anx)

Mummy in Cairo National Museum CG61092 had been superficially pilfered in antiquity, but was intact when unwrapped by
Maspero in 1886

Outer coffin in Cairo National Museum CG61027 = JE-26195 is in excellent condition, although the right hand is missing.

Inner coffin and mummy cover in Luxor Mummification Museum (MM) 1/3 MM 4

Further remains of his original burial:
Two shrouds Cairo JE-46878 = JE-46953 now in Luxor MM 2
Finger stalls Cairo TR 11/12/22//24
Embalming plate (?) Cairo TR 11/12//22/28
A number of ushebtis (shabtis). Due to the sale of an unknown number of undocumented smaller (?) artifacts by the Boulaq
Museum the actual number of uschebtis and smaller objects from any burial will never be known. Brugsch states that a box or
case containing uschebtis went missing while the finds were carried from TT320 to be loaded onto the waiting ship for
transport to Cairo. As he neglected his duty of making notes on the finds as they were brought out of the shaft, it is highly
questionable that he knew what was in which of the many containers. Brugsch managed the removal of the artifacts in the
manner of a grave robber, not that of an Egyptologist or any other qualified scientist (which he was not). His dereliction of duty
was one of the worst crimes in the history of Egyptology.