Mummy case and mummy of Penu
825–712 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueCartonnage; human remains
DimensionsLength: 180 cm (70 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4839c
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceLikely from Thebes. By 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession Date: June 28, 1872)
(Numbers reassigned and corrected: September 20, 1995)
(Numbers reassigned and corrected: September 20, 1995)
about A.D. 50
19th century
8th century A.D.
618–907
1st century A.D.
A.D. 1000–1476
late 1st century B.C. to early 1st century A.D.
50 B.C.–50 A.D.
1991–1783 B.C., or later
18th century
about 1795
1880s