Painted Wooden Coffin, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1070–945 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wood, gesso

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Painted Wooden Coffin, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1070–945 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wood, gesso, paint, varnish, L. cm (74 1/8 in), This coffin was not commissioned by a specific individual, but was made for general sale and was never inscribed for its eventual owner. Its inscriptions and decoration are of a type very common in Thebes during the late 21st and 22nd Dynasties, and the whole was intended to have a lavish effect

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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