The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Sarcophagus of Payuhor

Sarcophagus of Payuhor

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Sarcophagus of Payuhor

Period:: Ptolemaic Period
Date:: 150–100 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, el-Asasif, Tomb of Pabasa (TT 279), MMA 1918–1919
Medium:: Indurated Limestone, paint
Dimensions:: l. 200 cm ( 78 3/4 in); w. 70 cm (27 9/16 in); h. 51 cm (20.16 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession Number:: 22.3.1a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 132

Provenance

Excavated by the Metropolitan Museum at Thebes, 1918-1919 and received in the division of finds. Brought to New York and accessioned, 1922.
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What
Limestone (4,529)

Funerary containers (778)

Coffins (541)

Sarcophagi (317)
Where
Africa (33,501)

Egypt (29,889)

Upper Egypt (13,662)

Thebes (10,570)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,149)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,254)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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