Object:   Egyptian Mummy - Tash pen Khonsu Museum/Collection:   Canterbury Museum Christchurch Address:   Rolleston Avenue Christchurch Neuseeland Additional Location Data:    Conservation Traetment Report - Coffin Lid and Cartonage Catalogue# EA.1989.13 Conservation# 98.20 Type of Object:   Mummy / Mumie Owner:   Public Property Dating:   200 To 100 Object Description: According to filed documents on the object, the coffin contains the mummified remains of the female Tash pen Khonsu. On the coffin she is described as "a noble lady, who was married, [and] a sistrum player of Amun Re" . The coffin, indicative for the early to the middle Ptolemaic period around 200-100 BC, is probably from Akhim in Egypt. (Literature Titles/Sources: Sullivan, Peter 1998) p. 12 and 13 (Images Folder: canterb_mummy_fig_001.jpg) (Images Folder: canterb_mummy_fig_01.jpg)