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© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Mummy of Taosiris

Place FoundAkhmim, Egypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Periodearly Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy II
Date282-246 BCE
MediumHuman remains, linen
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions78 3/4 in. (200 cm)
Object number2018.010.826
Label TextThis mummy belongs to Taosiris who was a priestess of Osiris in Akhmim. She was the daughter of Nesmin and his wife Taamun. The mummy is wrapped in its original bandages. The mummy of Taosiris is decorated with 5 preserved trappings: a mummy mask, a pectoral trapping, an abdominal trapping, a lower leg trapping, and a foot cover.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesJonathan P. Elias, et al., The Mummies of Taosiris and Padibastet (Carlisle: Pendici Publishing, 2022).
Jonathan P. Elias, "The Mummies of Taosiris and Padibastet and Their Assemblages," in Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, ed. Melinda K. Hartwig (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), Figures 4.1 and 4.2.
ProvenanceSaid to have been excavated by Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) at Akhmim, Egypt. Said to be ex coll. Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913), received as a gift, 1884. With Gabriel Peytraud, Toulouse, France, 1914. Said to be ex coll. Marquis de Gestas, Tarbes, France, from 1915. Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Francois Antonovich, 1975. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art