Coffin Fragment
E12505A
From: Egypt | Abydos | El Arabeh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E12505A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Abydos | El Arabeh |
Locus | Grave E234 |
Period | Middle Kingdom | Twelfth Dynasty |
Date Made | 1938 - 1759 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Technique | Painted | Inscribed |
Description | Fragment of a Middle Kingdom painted wooden coffin. The decoration consists of a series of wesekh collars (made of electrum according to the hieroglyphic label), counter poises, necklaces of carnelian and an electrum mirror. |
Credit Line | Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account, 1902 |
Other Number | AES2540 - Other Number |
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