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   "value": "<p style='text-align: justify;'>This cartonnage (linen and plaster) cover was placed over the chest of the mummified body of a man. It carries the standard protective and transformative imagery of this object type: an elaborate floral collar with the Eye of Horus motifs, a goddess \u2013 probably to be understood as Nut - with outstretched arms, the Four Sons of Horus and the sister goddesses Isis and Nephthys.<\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'><\/p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The hieroglyphic inscription names the deceased as \u2018Nimaatre\u2019, a man who carried the title of priest of the goddess Neith \u2013 worshipped in the Faiyum region as the mother of the chief local deity, the crocodile god Sobek. Nimaatre was one of the names of Amenemhat III, a king whose enormous pyramid complex was located at Hawara and who was venerated as a god during the Graeco-Roman Period. The man named on this object lived around 1500 years after his royal namesake, attesting to the popularity of the cult. Nimaatre\u2019s father was also a priest of Neith and had the very Faiyumic-sounding name Sobekmose (lit. \u2018born of Sobek\u2019).<\/p>"
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   "value": "Cover for a mummified body"
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   "value": "<div style='list-style-type: disc;'><div style='display: list-item; margin-left: 20px;'><a target='_blank' class='externalLink uom-purple' href='https://search.worldcat.org/title/1356890313'>Manchester Museum (University of Manchester). Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period. Manchester University Press 2023<\/a><\/div><\/div><br />"
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   "value": "<p>Featured in <i>Golden Mummies of Egypt<\/i> exhibition at the Manchester Museum, 18 February 2023-14 April 2024.<\/p>"
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