A MUMMY ACQUIRED Source: Bulletin of the Detroit Museum of Art, Vol. 7, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1913), pp. 4-5 Published by: Detroit Institute of Arts Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41934831 . Accessed: 16/05/2014 17:54 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Detroit Institute of Arts is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Bulletin of the Detroit Museum of Art. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 195.78.108.166 on Fri, 16 May 2014 17:54:56 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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A MUMMY ACQUIREDSource: Bulletin of the Detroit Museum of Art, Vol. 7, No. 1 (JANUARY, 1913), pp. 4-5Published by: Detroit Institute of ArtsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41934831 .
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year 1912 in Holland, devoting himself to the painting of Dutch subjects that he does so well. His group of pictures in the Exhibition just concluded was very well received by the public, and he offered the Museum an example of his work, which is most acceptable.
A MUMMY ACQUIRED.
A gift of unusual interest to the de- partment of Egyptology of the Museum, was recently made by Mr. Charles Wright, Sr., Mr. Frederick W. Goadby, and Mr. Charles M. Culbertson, after Mr. Wrighťs most interesting journey in the land of the Nile. It is the mum- my of Ankah Peta Hotep, who after a repose of three thousands years in Egypt finds a permanent resting place in Detroit. The mummy is of more than passing interest for two reasons; it is in such splendid condition that wonderment is expressed by all those who look upon it; the features are per- fect, the ears are as natural in form as in life, and even the eyelashes remain intact, and except for the parchment like flesh of a dark hue which the em- balming process, and time have changed, Ankah Peta Hotep looks out of his case with all the features of a human much the same as one might see today. The other remarkable thing about this mummy is that its pedigree is known. Upon the cover of the coffin versed Egyptologists may read the history of this mummy, whose death is definitely determined as having taken place 1360 B. C. Ankah Peta Hotep was a promin- ent merchant of Thebes and an official of that ancient city in the eighteenth Dynasty under the reigns of Rameses II and III ; he was also a keeper of the Scales, a position of great trust and importance in that day as it is today, and it is evident that his rank and official standing entitled him to a pomp- ous burial. I't was only the wealthy
classes who could afford to undergo the expense of the embalming process, occupying a hundred and ten days and costing in American money twelve hun- dred dollars, quite a tidy sum, in addi- tion to the cost of the tomb, and other requisites. Upon the cover of the coffin in Egyptian hieroglyphics may be seen between two serpents, (as a protection against evil) his prayer as follows :
"I have done good upon earth." "I honored my mother" "I loved my father" 'kI was loved by my brothers and sis-
ters" "I was a friend to the weak" "I collected corn for the poor" "I gave clothes to the naked" "r have not harbored prejudice or
crushed those over whom I was master" "I have not said an evil word against
anyone" "I made sacrifices for others."
COMING EXHIBITIONS. During the season of 1912-1913, while
the number of special exhibitions will not be large, owing to the small amount of gallery space available for this pur- pose, those that are shown will be of a higher standard than ever.
The Annual Exhibition of Water- Colors by American artists, selected from the big exhibitions of the East, is always popular with the Detroit pub- lic, and will again be seen this year, the dates of its coming being February.
In March, a collection of marines by Charles H. Woodbury, one of the best of the marine painters of this country, will be shown.
In April, American landscapes by Leonard Ochtman, one of the men who has brought fame to our American Landscape School, will be exhibited.
Other equally good exhibitions will be announced later.
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MUMMY OF ANKAH PETA HOTEP AND SARCOPHAGUS Secured in Egypt by Mr. Charles Wright, Sr.. and presented to the Museum by Messrs. Charles Wright, Sr., Charles M. Culbertson, and Frederick W. Goadby.
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