Archaeological Museum of Bologna

Nets like this one, made up of blue faïence beads and tubes laced into thin cloth strips in order to create a lozenge mesh, could cover a mummy to protected it and guarantee its eternal survival.

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In the upper part of this specimen a few amulets are inserted; these are a winged scarab and four funeral genies. The latter ones, sons of god Horus, were meant to protect the organs removed from the body during the mummification procedure. The human-headed Amset protected the liver, the jackal-headed Duamutef the stomach, the baboon-headed Hapi the lungs and the falcon-headed Qebeksenuf the intestines.

Provenance: Unknown origin, Amici Collection
Datation: 21st – 30th dynasty (1075 - 342 B.C.)
Material: Faïence
Dimensions: 97 x 27 cm
Inventory #: KS 2010