mummy1
/ˈmʌmi/

noun: mummy; plural noun: mummies
(especially in ancient Egypt) a body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by removal of the internal organs, treatment with natron and resin, and wrapping in bandages.

"the mummy of Tutankhamen"

Origin

late Middle English (denoting a substance taken from embalmed bodies and used in medicines): from French momie, from medieval Latin mumia and Arabic mūmiyā ‘embalmed body’, perhaps from Persian mūm ‘wax’.

mummy
/ˈmʌmi/
INFORMAL•BRITISH
noun: mummy; plural noun: mummies
one's mother.

"he loves his mummy"

Origin

late 18th century: perhaps an alteration of earlier mammy.

The second room is dedicated to the burial rites associated with Maia. Maia is shown in front of offering bearers.[5] She is depicted as a mummy in relation to the opening of the mouth ritual and she is standing before the underworld god Osiris.[6]Another door opens to a third chamber, a hall with pillars, also found full of rubble. The pillars are decorated with the image of Maia. The back of the room shows a stela carved into the rock with Maia in front of Osiris.[7] From this hall, a shaft leads to a lower level of the tomb.[1] The tomb's chapel contained a limestone sarcophagus with a cat mummy inside.[2] Masonry work carried out in later periods covered wall paintings in the third chamber and included several pillars into the chamber's walls. Once uncovered, these pillars revealed paintings of Maia. A stela carved out of rock in the back of this room bears reliefs and inscriptions.[8]