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Date : approx. between 380 and 300 B.C.
Material : Diorite
Acquisition : Gift of Edwards S. Harkness (1914)
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Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Wereshnefer)
Area related
Saqqara (Egypte)
Site related :
Saqqarah
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The body of this sarcophagus represents the netherworld. Its scenes, from the book known as Amduat, describe the voyage of the sun god through the twelve hours of the night. The middle register shows the god in a shrine on his night boat. Above and below are various beings who dwell in the netherworld. The first hour is on the exterior head (rounded end) of the sarcophagus and the others follow through hour 7, in order, to the viewer's right. Hours 9 through 12 are in the interior. Hour 8 was omitted.
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