Coffin lid

Description

Inner coffin lid fragment of wood, possibly belonging to man named Nehemsukhōns, plastered and painted wood varnished in parts, with nine or ten colums of hieroglyphs from the Book of the Dead: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 3rd Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, c. 747 - 656 BC

Museum reference

A.UC.69

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin lid

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

c. 747 - 656 BC

Style / Culture

25th Dynasty (Kushite), 3rd Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Nehemsukhōns

References

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 30, pp.90-1