Funerary Bed

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Funerary Bed

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 26

Date: ca. 664-525 B.C.

Medium: Wood and bronze

Dimensions:

34 1/16 x 67 5/16 x 44 1/8 in. (86.5 x 171 x 112 cm)

Credit Line: Purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund

Object number: 91.7

Provenance: with Peter Diem by 1988; sold by Norman Hurst, Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991

Published References S. D'Auria, P. Lacovara, and C.H. Roehrig, "Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989, cat. no. 171

Label Text

Beds decorated with lion heads and paws appeared early in the Dynastic Period. Embalming beds with such decoration are shown on funerary monuments, including coffins and stelae, and elaborate examples were discovered in Tutankhamen's tomb. Although some of the wooden portions of this bed do not appear to have belonged to it originally, the lion heads are good examples of Late Period bronze casting. (Gallery Label, 8/2002).

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Funerary Bed

Funerary Bed