Corner of a Bandage Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure, ca. 1492–1473


Corner of a Bandage Inscribed with the Cartouche of Neferure, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492–1473 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), layer XIc, Mummy of Ramose, 1935–36, Linen, ink, L. × W. cm (4 15/16 × 4 15/16 in.), This fragment of linen is from a sheet that was used to wrap the mummy of Ramose, the father of Senenmut. The fringes had been torn off, but an ink inscription with a cartouche enclosing the name of Neferure, Hatshepsut's daughter, was preserved in one corner indicating that the sheet had at one time been used in the household of the princess


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