Coffin base

Description

Base of rectangular vaulted coffin of wood, belonging to Kalasiris, a military officer: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef, early Roman Period, c. 30 - 1 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.351

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin base

Production information

Unknown
Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Roman Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Physical description

Wood

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Previous owner: Calasiris
Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Sebauf

Exhibitions

• The Tomb

• Fascinating Mummies (11 Feb 2012 - 27 May 2012)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

RHIND, A H 1862. Thebes: its Tombs and their Tenants Ancient and Present (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts), p.98

MURRAY, M A 1900. Catalogue of Egyptian Antiquities in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh (Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland), p 36[545]

B Porter & R B Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings (Oxford: Clarendon Press/Griffith Institute), Vol. I/2: The Theban Necropolis Part 2 (1964), p 671

BARNS, J 1952. “A Demotic Coffin Inscription in Edinburgh”, Archiv Orientální 20: pp. 69-71

RIGGS, C 2005: The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity and Funerary Religion (Oxford: Oxford University Press), pp. 179-181, fig. 85

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 48, pp.122-123