- Museum number
- EA55022
- Description
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Wooden coffin-lid, carved in the form of a full-length figure of the deceased man, wearing Roman civic costume, originally intended to cover the body, which was then stood upright within a wooden shrine, the doors of which could be opened to reveal the head and bust, the figure is damaged in a number of places, the box-like base is decorated with a crudely executed polychrome painted representation of Nut, with outstretched wings, with pseudo-hieroglyphs above.
- Production date
- 40-60 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 178 centimetres
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Width: 44 centimetres
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Depth: 30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Fayum. Misteriosi volti dall'Egitto, London 1997, p. 65 [37].
Riggs, Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt (2005): 149, 152, 153 Fig. 72, 154, 155, 276
D. Antoine and M. Vandenbeusch, Egyptian mummies. Exploring ancient lives, Sydney 2016, p. 183
M. Vandenbeusch, 'Coffins as statues? The study of cover British Museum EA 55022 from Roman Egypt', JAEI 23 (2019), 127-153
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1997 22 Oct-1998 30 Apr, Italy, Rome, Fondaione Memmo, Ancient Faces
2016-2017 10 Oct-30 Apr, Sydney, Powerhouse Museum, Ancient Lives
2017 16 Jun-18 Oct, Hong Kong Science Museum, Ancient Lives
2017-2018 14 Nov-20 Feb, Taiwan, National Palace Museum, Ancient Lives
2018 16 Mar-22 Jul, Brisbane, Queensland Museum of Art, Ancient Lives
2019-2020 14 Sept- 28 Jun, Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Ancient Lives EXTENDED DUE TO COVID19
2020-2021, 19 Sept - 21 Mar, Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Ancient Lives
- Condition
- fair (damaged in places)
- Acquisition date
- 1921
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA55022
- Registration number
- 1921,0108.5
