Lid of a terracotta coffin for a child

Classification

anthropoid coffin ; tomb equipment

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 105 cm; width: 30 cm; depth at the feet: 7.5 cm; depth at the head: 8.9 cm

Date

Late Period – Early Ptolemaic Period (6th–3rd century B.C.)

Period

Late Period (664–332); Ptolemaic period (323–30)

Material

clay

Iconography

wig ; usekh collar ; Nut ; solar disk ; uraeus ; crown of Upper Egypt ; crown of Lower Egypt ; pedestal ; embalming scene ; Anubis ; bier ; mummy

Inscription

hieroglyphs ; Classical Egyptian

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Inventory

66.1-E

ID

Hyp-2768

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 120; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 128

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