The Tomb of Senebtisi at Lisht

Mace, A.C., Herbert E. Winlock Andf Grafton Elliot Smith

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1916

About this Item

Folio. Limited to 1,000 copies. Color frontispiece, xxii, 132 pages including index, beautifully illustrated in color and in black and white with XXXV plates with printed over sheets. This was part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. J.P. Morgan provided most of the funding for these important Egyptian expeditions. One of the great finds which preserved so completely the equipment supplied to the members of the highest caste of the Middle Kingdom for their journeys in the nether world. For her journey into this nether world Senebtisi was equipped with a set of magic weapons and staves to serve as talismans protecting her against supernatural dangers and giving her entry into the company of the gods. Bound in light brown cloth, double red leather spine labels gilt, a very nice copy with minor spots of rubbing. Seller Inventory # 031738

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Tomb of Senebtisi at Lisht

Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Publication Date: 1916

Edition: First Edition.