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 (ancient Egyptian name Ipu). 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.

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