Coffin mask / woman

Description

Mask detached from an anthropoid limestone sarcophagus, the features and hair-style indicate that the coffin originally belonged to a woman : Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom, late 18th-19th Dynasty, c. 1550 - 1185 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.138

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin mask / woman

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

c. 1550 - 1185 BC

Style / Culture

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Collector: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863

Exhibitions

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

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

References

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 6, p.29