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: H4555.1

: Egyptology

: coffin

: An anthropomorphic wooden coffin lid. It is painted to look like it has long, dark hair and the face is painted white-cream. The feet are on a block. There are red and cream columns of hieroglyphs interspersed with the profiles of figures. The columns run down the coffin, and along the sides. There are beaded collars painted around the chest. The owner of the coffin was called Inamun Nayesnebu.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

: Thebes (Luxor), Egypt, North Africa, Africa

: Inamunnayesnebu

: 675-640 BC

: Late Period

: Given by the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1935