Coffin lid

Description

Coffin lid of black-painted wood, with hieroglyphic text in yellow, of the lady Paast: Ancient Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period, 323 - 30 BC

Museum reference

A.1910.89 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin lid

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

323 - 30 BC

Style / Culture

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Paast

References

Howell G. M. Edwards, Susana E. Jorge Villar, Katherine A. Eremin, (2004) 'Raman spectroscopic analysis of pigments from dynastic Egyptian funerary artefacts', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 35/8‐9 (Raman spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology, August ‐ September 2004), 786-795.