Wood anthropoid coffin
Wood coffin, anthropoid shape: well-cut face painted blue; wig painted yellow with black lines; [below wig] figure of winged goddess (kneeling) with feather in each hand; collar over breast, yellow with black lines, bottom row alternating pendants yellow, red, and black, hawk's head terminals; [below collar] four funeral gods holding feathers, two on each side, one below the other; [down middle from below collar] narrow band of inscription; main body of coffin drab colored.
Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_30-1-15
- Alternate IDs
- 30-1-15; HUMFA_30-1-15
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
- Entry Date
- 01/02/1930
- Title
- Wood anthropoid coffin
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- Width: max: 48 cm Length: 175.5 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 7762 S
- Bibliography
- Zivie-Coche, Christiane M. Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991, p. 274.