| Ankhekhonsu Human Mummy | |
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| Biographical Information | |
|---|---|
| Name(s) | Ankhekhonsu |
| Age | |
| Sex | male |
| Status | priest and granary's scribe |
| Height | unknown |
| Source | |
| Culture | Egyptian |
| Date(s) | XXIII dynasty (900-800 BC), discovered in 1884 |
| Site | tebe |
| Current Location | |
| Location | Italy's Civico Museo Archeologico of Bergamo |
| Catalog # | |
Ankhekhensu, a priest and granary's scribe of the divine offerings in the temple.
The mummy with his coffin were bought in Egypt by Giovanni Venanzi, and donated to the Archeological museum in 1885.
The sarcophagus of Ankhekhonsu (900-800 BC), currently housed at Palazzo Te in Mantua attributable to the Third Intermediate Period (1070-656 BC).
Studies
The sarcophagus, dated to the XXII Dynasty (900-800BC), is anthropoid in shape and consists of a case with a cedar wood lid; a second lid, very similar to the first, was inside resting directly on the mummy. Case and lid are adorned with religious scenes, in which, in addition to the deceased, numerous deities appear. The different scenes are interspersed with inscriptions arranged on vertical columns.
The deceased is identifiable as a priest thanks to the name repeated five times on the crate: Ankhekhonsu, which means "the god Khonsu is alive".