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MME 1977:018 :: coffin fragment

Object description: Fragment from mummy coffin. Painted in different colours. Deir el-Bahri type. Image of the gods Geb, Nut, Shu and more. To the left can be seen one of the ancient Egyptian world views.

Data elements
References (2)

Inventory number

MME 1977:018

Serie nummer

60420

Object

coffin fragment

Object, Swedish

kistfragment

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Material

Wood

Material, Swedish

Trä

Acquisition

Purchased from Max Willborg, Stockholm (1000 SEK).

Acquisition, Swedish

Inköpt från Max Willborg, Stockholm (1000 SEK).

Description, Swedish

Fragment från en mumiekista. Målad i olika färger. Deir el-Bahri typ. Avbild av gudarna Geb, Nut, Shu med flera. Till vänster kan ses en av de fornegyptiska världsbilderna.

Description

Fragment from mummy coffin. Painted in different colours. Deir el-Bahri type. Image of the gods Geb, Nut, Shu and more. To the left can be seen one of the ancient Egyptian world views.

Period

Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty (1081-725 BC)

Period, Swedish

21-22a dynastin (1081-725 f Kr), Tredje intermediet

Exhibition - Current

Egypten, 2014-

Description: The history of Egypt is long, from the first settlements in the Nile Valley around 7000 years ago to the present day. Egypt was for a long period of time ruled by autocratic kings – the pharaohs. At other times, it was part
of larger empires such as the Persian, Roman and Ottoman.
The pharaonic culture was characterised by high conservatism.
Things were – and should be – as they always had been.
Old traditions and ways of thinking lived on, long after the last pharaohs.
They were present in the customs and traditions of the Middle Ages and are present in Egypt today.
Welcome on a walk through the history of Egypt!
Time - Start: 20132013

Exhibition, Part of - Current

New Egypt, 2, Creation according to the Egyptians

Exhibition, showcase - Current

Egypten 2.1

Egypt, Number in Exhibition

Egyptenutställningen 2014, English - Label

Coffin fragment with the creation depicted. The sky goddess Nut bends over the earth Geb. Between them stands their father Shu and holds them apart. Above the back of Nut travels the sun god by boat.

Egyptenutställningen 2014, Swedish - Label

I Egypten fanns flera olika förklaringar till hur världen

hade skapats. De flesta börjar med ett urvatten, ur vilket en första kulle stiger fram. Enligt en version uppenbarar sig skapelseguden Atum på denna urkulle. Ur sig själv skapar han där guden Shu (luften) och gudinnan Tefnut (fukten). Detta första gudapar får i sin tur barnen Geb (jorden) och Nut (himlen).

Dessa två syskon ligger först tätt omslingrade, oförmögna att släppa taget om varandra. Till sist får pappa Shu träda emellan dem och skilja dem åt. Då skapas rummet; en jord

att leva på, en himmel ovanför och mellan dem luft (Shu) att andas.

När solen senare kommer in i bilden skapas ljuset och tiden, indelad i dag och natt.

En bild av skapelsen

Kistfragment med skapelsen avbildad. Himmelsgudinnan Nut böjer sig över jorden Geb. Mellan dem står deras far Shu och håller dem ifrån varandra. Över Nuts rygg färdas solguden i båt .

NegNo

MME 1977;018(1).jpg

Loan out - Previously

2017.0008, Natural History Museum

PhotoNegNo

MME 1977;018(2).jpg

Height / Höjd

21 cm

Width / Bredd

29 cm

Thickness / Tjocklek

3.2 cm

Original register

Egypt

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