| Katebet Human Mummy | |
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| Biographical Information | |
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| Name(s) | Katebet |
| Age | 1,300 |
| Sex | f |
| Status | high |
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| Source | |
| Culture | Egyptian |
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| Catalog # | 6665 |
The mummy of Katebet, now housed in the British Museum, London, was discovered in Thebes, Egypt. She was a Chantress of Amun, the ‘King of the Gods’. The mummy was dated about 1,300 BC.
Mumification[]
Katebet was discovered in a Theban tomb, wearing a gilded face mask and hair plaits wrapped in linen and garlands. Her body was left with other decorations such as pure tin, copper foil, and gold leaf. She was found with a male mummy beside her. Her brain was not removed.
Additional[]
Her coffin appears to have originally been designed for a man, and then altered for her use. Some of the objects placed on the mummy were also prepared for a man, it is possible that some of the objects on her mummy originally came from her neighbor, Qena, which has not survived. She was elderly when she died, with only two remaining teeth.
Dimensions[]
- Length: 165 centimetres (mummy)
- Length: 28 centimetres (each plait of hair)
- Height: 43 centimetres (max: hair piece)
- Width: 30 centimetres (max: hair piece)
- Depth: 2 centimetres (max: hair piece)
- Weight: 762 grammes (hair piece)