Coffin

Description

Anthropoid coffin of Irthorru, son of Abzu and Tahir : Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, possibly Meir, Late Period, probably 26th or 27th Dynasty or later, 664-405 BC or later

Museum reference

A.1910.97

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

664 - 525 BC

Style / Culture

26th Dynasty (Saite Period), Late Dynastic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Collection place(s)

Meir, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Depicted: Irthoru, son of Nesabi
Depicted: Nut
Depicted: Anubis
Depicted: Horus

Exhibitions

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

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

References

WARD, E 1912. Guide to the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Edinburgh: His Majesty’s Stationery Office), pl. V.

GOSSE, A.B.(1915) The Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians (London and Edinburgh : Frank), p.97, fig.111

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 31, pp. 97-99