Coffin fragment of Pakherenkhonsu Third Intermediate Period ca. 750–700 Fragments of three nested anthropoid coffins and a cartonnage case for the Doorkeeper of the House of Amun, Pakherenkhonsu, were found in a pit (Pit 1) in Tomb MMA 832, a reunsed tomb of Dynasty 11 that contained material from a number of later burials. This board, bearing an ink sketch of Pakherenkhonsu himself, comes from the head end of the middle coffin is shown here as an older man, with a bald head and a few extra pounds, attesting to his sedentary occupation. In his right hand is a broom, per

Coffin fragment of Pakherenkhonsu Third Intermediate Period ca. 750–700 Fragments of three nested anthropoid coffins and a cartonnage case for the Doorkeeper of the House of Amun, Pakherenkhonsu, were found in a pit (Pit 1) in Tomb MMA 832, a reunsed tomb of Dynasty 11 that contained material from a number of later burials. This board, bearing an ink sketch of Pakherenkhonsu himself, comes from the head end of the middle coffin is shown here as an older man, with a bald head and a few extra pounds, attesting to his sedentary occupation. In his right hand is a broom, perhaps a symbol of his priestly rank and temple freehand drawing, a masterpiece of Egyptian art, captures the essence of the living person with a minimum of detail. It belongs to a group of statues and reliefs made at Thebes in Dynasty 25, which use the rules of traditional Egyptian art to achieve startlingly realistic effects. View more. Coffin fragment of Pakherenkhonsu. ca. 750–700 Wood, ink. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb MMA 832 (H 3), Pit 1, Burial of Pakherenkhonsu, MMA excavations, 1914–15. Dynasty 25 (Kushite)

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