NME 006 :: Coffin
- Object description
Anthropoid mummy coffin made for the man Neswaiu, son of Takeretdjehuty.
An anthropoid bivalve coffin, depicting the deceased wearing a tripartite wig, with a fillet around the brow, a plaited divine beard, with a broad collar placed on his chest. The face, throat and part of the beard is gilded, while the collar is painted on a layer of stucco. Below the collar is a winged solar scarab, again on a layer of stucco and painted, except for the sun-disk, which is gilded.
Below the scarab, three columns of text extend down the centre of the lid to the ankles. The upper half of the text-columns is flanked on each side by three deities, each with a label-text, as follows:
R.I Human-headed Imseti.
L.I Ape-headed Hapy.
R.II Canid-headed Duamutef.
L.II Raptor-headed Qebehsenuef.
R.III Isis.
L.III Nephthys.
The lid has five tenons along each side, one at the centre of the head and one at centre of the foot. While the trough has corresponding sockets at the sides and head, the foot-end has two widely-spaced sockets, neither corresponding to the tongue at the lid-end, which is broken away. The trough and interior of the lid are entirely undecorated.
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