Mummy Board of Henettawy (F)

Unknown artist

Henettawy's principal burial equipment consisted of two splendid coffins (25.3.182a, b; 25.3.183a, b) and an innermost lid (25.3.184). The coffins and the innermost lid are all shaped like wrapped mummies with elaborate masks fastened over the heads.The innermost lid, sometimes called a mummy board, has no pectoral on a necklace. There are, however, two emblems of the scarab that pushes the sun disk, the lower one flanked by two Re-Harakhty falcons that face winged cobras. The lower half of the lid is painted red, indicating a red-dyed cloth wrapping. Over the cloth is a bead netting in diamond patterns, symbolizing the feather garment of a goddess, and a single vertical yellow (gold) band on which is written a spell that Osiris utters on behalf of Henettawy.