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MME 1980:002 :: coffin

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Mummy coffin for the man Hapimen.

Anthropoid coffin, decorated in polychrome, representing the deceased wearing a tripartite wig, a plaited ‘divine’ beard, and with a broad collar, with solar raptor terminals upon its chest. The face and beard are coloured green, which is also used extensively in the artist’s palette elsewhere on the coffin.

A kneeling figure of Nut, facing left, is below the collar, her solar disk being superposed over the collar. Below her, the front of the lid is divided vertically by a column of text, running to the toes, with flanking sections divided into four registers, each with an image and a column of text, the latter being a label-text in the first two registers, relating to the deceased in the second pair. The images are as follows:

R.I Human-headed Imseti. L.I Ape-headed Hapy.

R.II Canid?-headed Duamutef. L.II Raptor-headed Qebehsenuef.

R.III Ram-headed deity. L.III Bovid-headed deity.

R.IV Crocodile-headed deity. L.IV Cobra-headed deity.

The upper surface of the feet has a pair of recumbent canids on shrines; there is a low podium beneath the feet. The sides of the lid each have a snake, running from the ankles to just below the wings of Nut.

The lid was fixed to the trough by three tongues on each side of the fitting into corresponding slots in the trough. The trough is decorated with a lozenge pattern, probably imitating a bead net.

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MME 1980:002 :: coffin

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