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Model Coffin

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A miniature rectangular wooden coffin with vaulted lid and projecting end boards. It belongs to the 'seal bearer of the king and high steward, Nemtyemweskhet'. The wood was covered with a thick layer of fine plaster and painted yellow with the signs and eye-panel in blue. The coffin originally contained a shabti figure and acted as a dummy burial in a cenotaph tomb at Abydos, since presumably Nemtyemweskhet was actually buried near to the king. The only decoration on the coffin is a tiny eye panel within a rectangular frame.

Present location

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number

55.82.114

Dating

13TH DYNASTY

Archaeological Site

ABYDOS

Category

SHABTI COFFIN

Material

WOOD; PLASTER

Technique

PAINTED ON STUCCO

Height

11.7 cm

Width

12.1 cm

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