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NME 001 :: Sarcophagus, Coffin

Object description

Anthropoid sarcophagus. Made for the woman Taperet. Her name is incised on the lid. Pyramid texts inscribed on the side of the sarcophagus.

A squat-formed anthropoid case, depicting the deceased wearing a tripartite wig and a broad collar, largely concealed by the wig, with raptor-headed terminals at the level of the chin. The foot-end of the lid has the scar from the removal of a manoeuvring-lug.

The decoration of the lid comprises a panel of four columns of text extending from just below the collar to the ankles. At the extreme ends of each side of the panel are images of the Four Sons of Horus:

Left, top: Ape-headed Hapi.

Right, top: Human-headed Imseti

Left, bottom: Raptor-headed Qebehsenuef

Right, bottom: Canid-headed Duamutef

A band of text runs around the upper third of the trough, with texts running from the centre of the head-end to the centre of the foot end.

Data elements
References (92)

Inventory number

NME 001

Serie nummer

63273

Alternative id

NME 1

Object

Sarcophagus; Coffin

Object, Swedish

Kista; Sarkofag

Country - Findspot

Egypt : Africa

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Egypten

Place - Findspot

Memphis [?]

Material

Stone; Granite; Basalt [?]; Granodiorit [?]

Material, Swedish

Sten; Basalt [?]; Granit; Granodiorit [?]

Acquisition

Deposited by National Museum 1976, but remained in the courtyard of the Historical Museum on Narvavägen until August 1988 when it was moved to the Mediterranean Museum building on Fredsgatan. Given to the National Museum by Queen Josefina (1807-1876) in 1857; it is assumed that it had originally been a gift from Giovanni Anastasi in 1826.

Acquisition, Swedish

Deponerad av Nationalmuseum 1976, men kvarstod på gården till Historiska museet på Narvavägen fram till Augusti 1988 då den flyttades till Medelhavsmuseets byggnad på Fredsgatan. Given till Nationalmuseet av Drottning Josefina (1807-1876) 1857; det antas att den ursprungligen hade varit en gåva från Giovanni Anastasi 1826.

Description, Swedish

En bullig, antropoid kista som avbildar den döda bärandes en tredelad peruk och en bred krage, till stor del dold av peruken och med rovfågel-hövdade avslutningar i nivå med hakan. Fotänden av locket har en skada från borttagandet av ett manövreringsfäste.

Dekorationen på locket framställer en panel av fyra kolumner av text som sträcker sig från strax nedanför kragen till anklarna. Vid de yttre kanterna på vardera sida av panelen finns bilder av de fyra Horurs-sönerna:

Vänster, uppe: Ap-hövdad Hapi.

Höger, uppe: Människo-hövdad Imseti.

Vänster, nere: Rovfågel-hövdad Qebehsenuef.

Höger, nere: Hunddjurs-hövdad Duamutef.

Ett band av text löper kring den övre tredjedelen av tråget, med texter som löper från mitten av huvudänden till mitten av fotänden.

; Dokumentation av byggandet av den nya Egyptenutställningen som byggdes 2013-2014 och som öppnade den 22/2 2014. MTAB lyfter på locket till sarkofagen NME 001 i sitt lager inför flytten tillbaka till museet.; Sarkofag, sten

Description

Anthropoid sarcophagus. Made for the woman Taperet. Her name is incised on the lid. Pyramid texts inscribed on the side of the sarcophagus.

Left, top: Ape-headed Hapi.

Right, top: Human-headed Imseti

Left, bottom: Raptor-headed Qebehsenuef

Right, bottom: Canid-headed Duamutef

A band of text runs around the upper third of the trough, with texts running from the centre of the head-end to the centre of the foot end.

Period

Late Period, 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC) [late]

Period, Swedish

26e dynastin (664-525 f Kr), Sentiden [sen]

Name - Acquired from

Anastasi, Giovanni [?]

Description: Giovanni Anastasi (1765–1860) was born to an Armenian family from Damascus. He established himself as a wealthy merchant and antiquarian. Anastasi served as a Swedish-Norwegian Consul General from 1828 until his death. He sold large collections of antiquities -- to the Dutch government in 1828, now in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, including the Ipuwer Papyrus; another collection -- to the British Museum in 1839, and another to the French in 1857. In 1839, the British Museum acquired from Anastasi's collection ostracon of Sinuhe.
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: en.wikipedia.org

Josefina, drottning av Sverige och Norge (1807 - 1876), Drottning av Sverige och Norge

Source - http: digitaltmuseum.org, collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

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 - Previously

Egypten, 1982-2012

Description: The Egyptian exhibition shows various aspects of life in Pharaonic Egypt from 3000 BC to the Christian era. There are also many objects from the prehistoric period, starting around 5000 BC. Most of the objects came to Sweden in the late 19:century, and have been donated to the museum from private collections.
The Egyptian Exhibition contains, in addition to mummified humans, also mummies of cats, birds, fishes and snakes. The Goddess Isis with the child Horus in her lap meets the visitors as they enter the exhibition. The pose she holds occurs commonly in western art where the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus often is portrayed in the same position.
A portrait of the well-known pharaoh Sesostris was donated to Sweden by the Egyptian government in recognition both of Swedish participation when the Assuan-dam was built and of professor Torgny Säve-Söderbergh as an internationally well-known Egyptologist. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-01)
The exhibition was made already in 1982. In 2002 there was a change, several of the galleries (4-8) on the upper floor were closed.
Time - Start: 19821982
Time - End: 20122012

Exhibition, Part of - Previously

Egyptian gallery 1

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Comments

Provenance according to Aidan Dodson: Not known, but on form probably from the Memphite necropolis; material relating to the owner’s son is certainly Memphite. This kind of coffin is commonly found in the ‘sandraulic’ shaft tombs at Saqqara, Abusir and Giza. ; The object was studied by Aidan Dodson 2012; Dating according to Aidan Dodson: Late Twenty-sixth Dynasty. Taperet’s husband, Wahibre, was named for King Apries, while her son Ahmose-sineith was named for Amasis.

Keyword

Taperet

Cf Publications

Piehl, Petites études égyptologiques, Vienne 1881, 32 f; idem, Doit-on accepter l´hypothèse etc., ZÄS 28, 1890, 9 ff; Lugn, Ausgewählte Denkmäler, leipzig 1922, 36; Ranke, Eine spätsaitische statue, MDAIK 12, 1943, 136, Anm. 3; Jelinkova, Un titre saite, ASAE 55, 112; Brooklyn Museum, Egyptian Sculpture of the late period, 1960, 68; Meulenaere, La statue dún chef de chanteurs, Metropolitan museum journal 8, 1973, 29, Anm.18; meulenaere, MDAIK, 47, s. 251; Revillont, Rev. Eg. II, 97 Lugn 1922: 36, Ranke 1943: 136 n.3.

Publications

Piehl 1881: 32-33; 1890: 10-12; Lugn 1922: 36; Ranke 1943: 136 n.3; Dodson 2015:40-41 Ancient Egyptian Coffins: the Medelhavsmuseet collection

Reference - Published in

Dodson, Aidan (2015) Ancient Egyptian Coffins. The Medelhavsmuseet Collection. National Museums of World Culture, Stockholm

Source - http: libris.kb.se, www.varldskulturmuseerna.se

Length / Längd

242.0 cm

Height / Höjd

36.0 cm [of face]

Width / Bredd

127.0 cm [shoulders]; 89.0 cm [foot]

Depth / Djup

42.0 cm [lid-nose]; 45.0 cm [lid-foot]; 74.0 cm [trough]

Dimensions

L. 242 cm, W. 89 - 127 cm.

Original register

Egypt

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