Coffin lid

Description

Limestone sarcophagus lid of Paamunnesutawy, son of Horiru and the Lady of the Estate, Nubty, incised with hieroglyphs and images of funerary gods: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, mid-Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy IV or V, c. 221 - 180 BC

Museum reference

A.1908.288

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Coffin lid

Production information

Unknown
Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Ptolemaic Period

Style / Culture

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Limestone

Collection place(s)

Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Previous owner: Paamen, Paamennesuttawy
Agent: Ward, Edwin 'Ted', Dr, 1880 - 1934 (RSM)

References

WARD, E 1912. Guide to the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities (Edinburgh: His Majesty’s Stationery Office). 30, pl. viii

M-L Buhl, "Late Egyptian Anthropoid Stone Sarcophagi" (Copenhagen, 1959), fig. 41, p.78 no. Eb 15

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 36 , p.107

On display

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