About the Artwork
Mummy of a man named Ta-bes
6th/4th century B.C.
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Wood, gessoed, and painted coffin, linen wrapped mummy
L. 59" (149.9 cm)
Funerary Art
African Art
Gift of Frederick Stearns
90.1S11802
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Markings
Inscribed for a man named Ta-bes Called Ankhpetahotep in a bulletin article, which is entirely erroneous. The man's name appears several times so there is no doubt about the reading.
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Bulletin of the Detroit Museum of Art, vol. VII #1 (Jan. 1913), p. 4, illus. p.5. DIA Statewide Services Travelling Exhibition, IMAGE AND ARTIFACT: ANCIENT ART FROM THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, Feb 5, 1984 - Dec 16, 1985, cat no 32 (ill).
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Egyptian, Mummy of a man named Ta-bes, 6th/4th century B.C., Wood, gessoed, and painted coffin, linen wrapped mummy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 90.1S11802.
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