Linen Chest Reused as a Child's Coffin
Found in the debris above Hatshepsut's Valley Temple in the Lower Asasif, this whitewashed chest, once used to store linen, was repurposed as the coffin of a child. There are five lines of inscription in hieratic on the underside of the lid, providing a list of linen garments along with the names of officials.
Artwork Details
- Title: Linen Chest Reused as a Child's Coffin
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Thutmose III–Amenhotep II
- Date: ca. 1479–1400 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga, Carnarvon/Carter, 1906–1911
- Medium: Wood, whitewash
- Dimensions: L. 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.); W. 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); H. 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.); Lid: Th. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
- Object Number: 12.181.209a, b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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