Anthropoid Coffin of Heresenes
Traces of a polychrome diadem are visible on the headdress, which may have been the only painted area of this wooden coffin. The wig was shaped to fit the face, which was made separately from a finer piece of wood. The style of the delicate facial features, as well as the type of inlaid eyes, made of glass, suggest that the face is considerably older than the rest of the coffin, and perhaps was made originally for a coffin of the New Kingdom and reused anciently. An offering formula is inscribed on the front of the coffin for Heresenes, a woman from a priestly family.
Artwork Details
- Title: Anthropoid Coffin of Heresenes
- Period: Late Period, Saite
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26
- Date: 664–525 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Wood, paint
- Dimensions: L. 181 cm (71 1/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, by exchange, 1933
- Object Number: 33.5a, b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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