Coffin of a child from Gamhud

Classification

anthropoid coffin ; tomb equipment

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

112 x 39 x 30 cm

Date

2nd–1st century B.C.

Period

Ptolemaic period (323–30)

Material

sycomore fig

Iconography

pedestal ; wig ; usekh collar ; Nut ; sons of Horus ; back pillar ; falcon head ; solar disk

Inscription

hieroglyphs ; Classical Egyptian

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Gamhud

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

51.2002/1–2

ID

Hyp-2794

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 138; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 146

Year of discovery

1907

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.