Coffin of Entemaemsaf

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109

The four black-painted coffins in gallery 109 are decorated with bands of inscription containing spells from the Coffin Texts. The eyes of Horus painted at the head end of the left side are enclosed in panels with a cavetto cornice on top. Two examples (31.3.429a, b; 31.3.430a, b) have a false door panel beneath the eyes, and a third (31.3.431) has a false door and a polychrome dado. On this coffin, which is inscribed for a priest named Entemaemsaf (or En-tema-em-saf), the bands of inscription have a yellow background.

Coffin of Entemaemsaf, Sycomore wood, paint

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Coffin of Entemaemsaf, Sycomore wood, paint
Coffin of Entemaemsaf, Sycomore wood, paint

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