Mummy In Coffin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1886
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hon. S S. Cox
label: Site Name
content: Luxor
notes: label: Notes
content: Ptolemaic coffin and human mummy. Inscription on lid near feet is apparently corrupt and fragmentary. Associated with (419609, 419612).
label: Notes
content: The so-called "Minister Cox Mummy", named for the man who donated it, is a real mummy that is about 2200 years old. Decorative plaques are a linen and plaster material called Cartonnage. The gold on the plaques and mask along with the design of the coffin, indicate a person of some means but definitely not royalty. Unfortunately, no words on the decorations tell us who he was.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Egyptian mummy and coffin 150 BC-50 AD. Within these wrappings is the mummified body of a man who died 2,000 years ago. In Egyptian belief, the gilt mask identified him as immortal, and the djed pillar, scarab, and Canopic gods painted on the papier maché cartonnage eased the transition to eternity. Egyptian tradition tells of gods with lapis lazuli beards, and the blue band at the chin links the deceased with the divine Osiris.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ptolemaic Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 017401
label: USNM Number
content: A126790-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Human Mummy / Coffin / Mummy Mask