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Wood coffin

Eastern Cemetery: Site: Giza; View: G 7011

Outer coffin, cedar or similar fir wood, seven planks from top and sides and end boards from head and foot; painted design on side boards numbered one and two, seven and eight, and on head board, foot board too badly decayed to detect design, painted inscription also on side boards numbered two and seven, these read from foot of coffin toward head (i.e. from S to N, right to left). Illustration: Yes with hieroglyphs. Illustration scale: 1:10

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_26-1-88
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
  • Findspot
    Pit G 7011 A
  • Material
    Wood
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    01/02/1926

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7011

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

Full Bibliography

  • Zivie-Coche, Christiane M. Giza Au Premier Millenaire: Autour du temple d'Isis dame des pyramides. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1991, pp. 83-84, 270-271.