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coffin lid
Coffin lid of anthropoid coffin made for a woman. Has vulture headdress. Here you can see a floral collar. Below it sits Anubis, protecting the dead. He is shown as a jackal or dog. The writing is a prayer asking for offerings to the dead. Third Intermediate Period. At one point it was found with W304 and thus associated with el-Bersheh. This now seems unlikely. The inscription reads : May the kin…
Type of item
- coffin lid
- Third Intermediate Period
Date
- 1069 B.C.-747 B.C.
- -1069/-0747
Type of item
- coffin lid
- Third Intermediate Period
Date
- 1069 B.C.-747 B.C.
- -1069/-0747
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W305
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:05:52.729Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:30.066Z