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Antropoid coffin of Padihorhephep

Antropoid coffin of Padihorhephep





Artist : Anonymous

Date : near 200 B.C.

Material : Limestone
Acquisition : Gift of the Marquess of Northampton (1852)
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 5 on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture

Area related
Egypte

Description   

Beneath the broad collar hangs a pectoral containing seated figures of Osiris, Isis and Horus. The Four Sons of Horus and other funerary deities flank the central text which names the deities represented and contains a formula concerning the deceased's acceptance in the Other World after death.
Antropoid coffin of Padihorhephep
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