Análisis preliminar de momias de la Dinastía XXII de Dra Abu el-Naga y sus amuletos asociados

Abstract

Southwest of the courtyard of TT 11, inside a large tomb from the Twelfth Dynasty, a set of fragmented human mummies were found. All of them were adult male individuals and presented a refined mummification and some remains of burial goods of high quality, which, together with the epigraphic data recovered, suggest that they were a group of priests of the Twenty-Second Dynasty. The torsos of two of these individuals (one between 35 and 45 years old and another adult, older than 25), were open and broken by the thieves. In one, the evisceration incision on the left side of the abdomen is very well preserved. A rectangular metal plaque with a wedjat eye incised on its outer face was firmly attached at the lower edge of the cut. In the other individual, on a package of ochre was located in the anatomical place of the heart, eight small plaques of gold and silver were found strung together to a cord. Each one has a different motif in a set that seems to be related to the contemporary funerary literature. The few documented parallels, the materials used, and the execution quality show the high status of the owner