Coffin Fragment with a Mummy on a Funerary Bed
Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
Date: ca. 664-30 B.C.
Medium: Painted wood
Dimensions:
10 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (26 x 26 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 94.44.2
Provenance: sold, Christie's, New York, June 10, 1994, lot 57, to San Antonio Museum of Art
Label Text
This panel came from the lid of a wooden coffin decorated with images showing the preparation of a mummy for burial. Here, the wrapped mummy lies on a funerary bed that takes the form of a lion. Between the lion’s legs are four canopic jars to hold the mummy’s internal organs. Beneath this scene, parts of two hieroglyphic inscriptions are visible: these texts requested offerings to sustain the deceased in the afterlife.
(J. Powers, 2019)
(J. Powers, 2019)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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