Handle for rope for lowering coffin
Discovered in the pit of MMA 60, this is one of three wooden rods with rounded ends, slightly larger at the ends than in the middle. This stick and 25.3.177 seem to have made a pair; 25.3.176 is slightly shorter. These rods may have been used as handles on ropes by the ancient undertakers to lower the inner coffins into the outer coffins, or for lowering an entire set of coffins into place.
Artwork Details
- Title: Handle for rope for lowering coffin
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21
- Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, MMA excavations, 1923–24
- Medium: Pine wood
- Dimensions: L. 18.5 × Dia. 2 cm (7 5/16 × 13/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.3.178
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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