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Model Wooden Coffin

Egyptian (Artist)
945-712 BCE (Third Intermediate Period)
wood, plaster
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This object is a rectangular wooden model coffin without a lid. The model coffin was purchased as a box containing desiccated fruits and nuts including large dom-palm nuts, figs, and pomegranates, with their distinctive blossom-end.

Inscription

[Translation] An offering which the King gives to Re-Horakhty///// over the heaven of the gods who go forth upon the horizon, words of Osiris, the Priest of Amun Djed-///////, son of the Priest of Amun Penhesi, True of Voice, his mother the Mistress of the House, Nesinebi, True of Voice.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Conservation

Date Description Narrative
8/18/1998 Examination survey
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Geographies

(Place of Origin) Egypt (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

H: 4 1/8 x W: 11 x D: 6 1/8 in. (10.5 x 28 x 15.5 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

62.1.1

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