儿童神话的外棺 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	儿童神话的外棺
品名（英）	Outer coffin of the Child Myt
入馆年号	1926年，26.3.9a, b
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2051 - 公元前 2030
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	l. 195 厘米 (76 3/4 in)
介绍（中）	这是孩子的棺木，神话。她被埋葬在一套两个木制棺材里，一个放在另一个里面，放在一个石灰石石棺里。Myt的木乃伊表明，她死时还是个小女孩，可能不超过五岁。防腐人员在她的脚和头上添加了大量的填充物，这使得木乃伊更长，看起来像成年人。Myt的坟墓在古代遭到抢劫，但她的石棺没有打开，五条珍贵的项链仍在包裹物中（见五条项链22.3.320–.324）。Myt是古埃及语中母猫的意思，因此Myt的名字是用坐着的猫象形文字写的（见棺材正面铭文的左端）。她的棺材上还画着所谓的wedjat眼睛，与木乃伊头部的位置相对应。在中王国时期，木乃伊通常侧卧并面朝东方，这是日出的位置，与古埃及的重生有关。
介绍（英）	This is the outer coffin of the child, Myt. She was buried in a set of two wooden coffins that were laid one inside the other and placed in a limestone sarcophagus.The mummy of Myt showed that she died as a little girl, probably not more than five years old. The embalmers added substantial padding to her feet and her head, which made the mummy much longer so that it looked like that of an adult. Myt’s tomb was robbed in antiquity, but her sarcophagus was not opened, and five precious necklaces were still in among the wrappings (see the five necklaces 22.3.320–.324). Myt is the ancient Egyptian word for a female cat, and Myt’s name is therefore written with a seated cat hieroglyph (see the left end of the inscription on the front of the coffin). Her coffin also features the so called wedjat eyes that were painted on the side of the coffin and correspond to the position of the mummy’s head. In the Middle Kingdom, the mummy was usually lying on its side and facing East, the location of the sunrise, which was associated with rebirth in ancient Egypt.