Fragment Of Wooden Coffin Lid

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Object Details

Donor Name

Cpl Usmc Richard D. Rapier

Notes

From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Coffin fragment, 1200-1000 B.C. Egyptians often depicted the sky goddess Nut in the coffin so the deceased's spirit could cross the night sky like the sun god to be reborn in the morning. In the Osiris legend, the dead king ascended to his mother, Nut, in the heavens where she renewed his mummified body.

Record Last Modified

2 Dec 2015

Specimen Count

Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Accession Date

11 Jan 1963

Accession Number

247749

USNM Number

A436024-0

Object Type

Coffin

Place

Minna, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa

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Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Archaeology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32f7f19b5-a5d2-4ea5-9036-40c6dccecc6a

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8189637