Item representing the lips of Nespaperennub
About This Item
Several objects such as amulets and ushabtis were found within the linen wrappings of Nespaperennub, a priest who worked at the religious complex of Karnak in Thebes (modern-day Luxor)—including this unusual item in the shape of a pair of lips. We do not know the original purpose of this object. It may have been part of an impression created for a funerary mask.
- Date
- c. 945–715 BCE
- Geography
- Thebes, Egypt
- Medium
- unknown (possibly resin)
- Provenance
- Purchased by Adolph Sutro in 1884 in Thebes, Egypt
- Height
- 0.5 in
- Width
- 1.5 in
- Depth
- 0.75 in
- Copyright
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