Fragment Of Wooden Coffin Lid

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Donor Name
Cpl Usmc Richard D. Rapier
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
50
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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Anthropology
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8189637
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32f7f19b5-a5d2-4ea5-9036-40c6dccecc6a
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