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: H4556.1

: Egyptology

: coffin

: An anthropomorphic wooden coffin lid. It has long, striped hair painted in green, yellow and red and a red-brown face. There are columns and rows of hieroglyphs on the torso and legs. There are stripes around the edge, and columns on the feet. There are pegs which hang down from the lid to guide it into the base.

On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery

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

: Payankhnedjemben

: 710-675 BC

: Third Intermediate Period - Late Period

: Given by the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1935