The Singer of Amun Nany's Funerary Papyrus, ca. 1050


The Singer of Amun Nany's Funerary Papyrus, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1050 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Meritamun (TT 358,), first corridor, inside Osiris figure, 1928–29, Papyrus, paint, L. cm (206 5/16 in); H. 35 cm (13 3/4 in), Archaeologists found this papyrus in the burial of Nany, a woman in her seventies. She was a singer of the god Amun-Re. Nany also had the title 'king's daughter,' which probably means that she was a child of the high priest of Amun and titular king, Painedjem I


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