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Part of a wooden coffin

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Part of a wooden coffin-lid from a 21st or early 22nd Dynasty type where the background is yellow-brown, and figures painted, in decorative schemes dominated by blue and green. On this segment the tip of a wing from a winged scarab may be seen above a depiction of a protecting cobra. The cobra wears the plumed atef-crown, with wings extended to protect the dead. Beneath it is the hieroglyph for gold, a symbol of eternity.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

1915:159

Dating

3RD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD

Archaeological Site

THEBES: WEST BANK

Category

COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS PANEL

Material

WOOD

Technique

PAINTED

Width

9 cm

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