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coffin
Object Type
coffin
Museum number
EA15658
Description
Right side of the plastered sycomore fig wood inner coffin of Amenhotep; painted representations of funerary deities on both sides; Hieroglyphic text on the outer surface.
Cultures/periods
21st Dynasty
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials
sycomore fig wood
plaster
Technique
painted
plastered
Dimensions
Length:
180.30 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
private
funerary
Curator's comments
PM I Part 2: p.638
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair (incomplete)
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Amenhotep
Named in inscription:
Sety I
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Miss Selima Harris
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Anthony Charles Harris
Acquisition date
1875
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA15658
Registration number
1875,0810.275
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.8542i
(Birch Slip Number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 21 April 2023