Object owner details: MFA accession number: 39.828

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2037b X, chamber

Plaster

Description: Fragments of plaster from mummy, belongs with 38-6-37 (mask); plaster of slightly coarser quality and lacks smooth gypsum surface of mask, imprints of cloth on underside. Illustration: Yes [approximate reconstruction of mummy from fitting fragments]. Illustration scale: ca 1:6

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
D'Auria, Sue, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig. Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, pp. 91-92, cat. 23. Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pp. 476-477, cat. 197. Freed, Rita E., Lawrence M. Berman, and Denise M. Doxey. Arts of Ancient Egypt. MFA Highlights. Boston: MFA Publications, 2003, p. 98. Smith, William Stevenson. Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1960 (6th ed.), p. 65.

Remarks: 38-6-37 (fragments of mask) + 38-8-5 (fragments of body covering) = MFA 39.828