Sepulchral Box
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Egypt
label: Site Name
content: Deir El-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari,Thebes)
notes: label: Notes
content: Painted wooden chest has 3 compartments, painted hieroglyphs on each section are for 3 variations in the Osiris's titles; for a woman named Ta-baken-Khonsu. Inscribed with three panels on one side: 1 of 4. Right: "the Osiris, the excellent spirit (soul united with its mummy_, Ta-BakenKhonsu (female). Center: The Osiris, spirit of the netherworld, Ta-BakenKhonsu. to Left: The Osiris, Divine Spirit, Ta-BakenKhonsu"
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Box with lid, 1064-940 BC. Once filled with shabtis, this box belonged to the Singer of Amun, Tabaketkhonsu. Egyptologists discovered her mummy, with her own Book of the Dead, in the Bab el-Gasus burial in Deir el-Bahari, not far from the Valley of the Kings.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027543
label: USNM Number
content: A154958-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box