Casket / model

Description

Model casket in wood with a sliding lid, decorated with strips of bone incised with circles: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom, c.1550-1186 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.116

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Casket / model

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood, Bone

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• The Tomb

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

On display

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