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Fragment of a painted wooden coffin

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Body section cut from one of the intricately decorated coffins of the early 3rd Intermediate Period produced for the elite at Thebes. In the first register is the winged scarab beetle supporting the sun disc, flanked by mummiform divinities who include the Sons of Horus. Below, Isis and Nephthys are depicted adoring the Abydos fetish of Osiris and they appear again at each side in postures of lamentation. The name of the owner is not preserved.

Present location

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN

Inventory number

L1030:114

Dating

21ST DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

THEBES: WEST BANK

Category

COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS PANEL

Material

WOOD

Technique

PAINTED

Width

44 cm

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