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[One of] two RW (red ware) pottery coffins; a) crudely made human face and hands opposite each other at head end of coffin; broken by plunderers, head end smashed, inside filled with debris and bones of skeleton. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: 1:10

Details

  • ID
    HUMFA_28-5-84a
  • Department
    Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Classification
    Tomb equipment-Coffins and sarcophagi
  • Findspot
    Mastaba G 7524, [rock-cut chapel], room a, close to E wall
  • Material
    Pottery
  • Dimensions
    Width: at head: 46 cm x 42 cm; at end: 40 cm x 40 cm Length: original: 176 cm; actual: 132 cm
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Date of Register Entry
    05/11/1928

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7524

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery