Inner Coffin & Lid Of Tentkhonsu

Tentkhonsu
A Woman’s Journey to Eternity

Tentkhonsu’s mummy has never been identified, but her 3,000-year-old coffin stands behind this panel. Its words and images trace the highlights of her life and her path to rebirth.

Tentkhonsu means “She who belongs to the god Khonsu”—a name that shows she came from an elite Theban family that staffed the city’s temples. She sang at festivals, and, like most Egyptian women, probably married by 14 and ran a household. If she reached age 40, she would have outlived many of her contemporaries.