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Inner Coffin & Lid Of Amen-Hotep.

National Museum of Natural History

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Donor Name
Government Of Egypt
Site Name
Deir El-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari,Thebes)
From card: "Egyptian list identifies as "Big coffin of the priest 'Amenhotep', scribe." Dr. L. Bull, Met. Mus., N.Y., says "No name visible ... Apparently an inner stock coffin for a man ..." Amen-hotep was "divine father of Amun-Re king of gods, and scribe of the recruits of the army." XXI Dynasty. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Coffin and lid, wooden, painted in several colors with hieroglyphs and mythological scenes, topped with painted 3-dimensional head, coffin of a scribe, Egyptian, Thebes, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BC." Note re photos: Negative # 78-8757 is frontal, lt, overview. 78-8758 is profile, lt, overview. 78-8759 is frontal, lt, detail of top portion of coffin and lid showing painted interior. 78-8760 is 3/4, lt, detail of top portion of coffin and lid showing coffin closed.
Record Last Modified
26 Sep 2017
Specimen Count
2
Culture
Egyptian, III Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI
Accession Date
1893
Accession Number
027543
USNM Number
A154959-0
Object Type
Coffin
Place
Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8026588
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f3a06425-4803-4e08-a8dc-535714429860
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