Coffin

Description

This coffin is crafted from a single piece of cedar and is covered in linen impregnated with plaster. Predominantly painted white, it has a figure with eyes that are partly made from volcanic glass and surrounded with bronze. Further down, “perfectly modelled” knees indicate that the coffin must have originally contained someone important – either the child of a pharaoh or the offspring of a government minister.

Accession Loan No.

A5545

Collection Class

Archaeology

Common Name

coffin

Simple Name

coffin

Full Name

Egyptian Coffin

Period Classification

New Kingdom (Dynasties 18-20) - 1650-1070 BC

Production Year Low

1549 BC

Production Year High

1292 BC

Production Country

Egypt

Material

Wood, painted plaster