Oh Nespamedu! The god Anubis has come and granted you eternity

• M. Carmen Pérez-Die ^[1] ; Javier Carrascoso Arranz ^[2]
  1. [1] Museo Arqueológico Nacional
  2. [2] Hospital Quirónsalud Madrid
• Localización: Canarias Arqueológica: Arqueología-Bioantropología, ISSN 1888-4059, Nº. 22, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Symposium in memoriam Arthur C. Aufderheide the scientist, the friend ( 1922-2013)), págs. 329-339
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article presents the anthropological, historieal and religious studies of the mummy of Nespamedu, an Egyptian male who lived in the 3rd - 2nd century BC and was a priest of lmhotep and physieian to the Pharaoh. The mummy was taken to the Hospital Quirónsalud Madrid to undergo a CT scan, under the agreement signed by the Hospital and the National Arehaeological Museum, Madrid. Nespamedu is covered with five pieces of gilded eartonnage, decorated with religious seenes and inscriptions which mention the god Anubis and the desire to achieve eternity.

    In the CT scan a series of unique objects ornamenting the body of Nespamedu was observed among the wrappings, including a diadem, bracelets, a collar and sandals. A series of plaque-amulets was also revealed, decorated with Egyptian deities, all made of the same material as the cartonnage. This study has enabled a better understanding of somee essential features of Egyptian funerary beliefs.