Coffin of Irtirutja, Ptolemaic Period, 332–250 , From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Egyptian

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Coffin of Irtirutja, Ptolemaic Period, 332–250 , From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations 1885–86, Plastered, painted, and gilded wood, L. × W. × D. 51 cm (78 1/4 × 20 1/4 × 20 1/16 in.), This elaborately decorated coffin belongs to Irtirutja. Irtirutja was a priest in Akhmim and the inscription on his coffin lists seven preceding generations including his father Harresnet and his mother Taneferti, a musician for Min

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