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Wooden panel

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A fragment from a Late Period coffin, depicting Amenhotep I as a sphinx - a lion with the head of a king, the very embodiment of pharaonic powers. Amenhotep I was worshipped locally at the Theban necropolis and Deir el-Medinah as a divine guardian of the area.

Present location

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number

M13514

Dating

LATE PERIOD ?

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

PANEL

Material

WOOD

Technique

PAINTED

Width

29.2 cm