Face from Outer Coffin of Pakherenkhonsu
Debris from the burial of the Doorkeeper of the House of Amun, Pakherenkhonsu, was found inside a pit dug into an earlier tomb in the Theban necropolis. Enough fragments of his equipment remained to show that he had been buried in a cartonnage case that was then placed within three nested anthropoid coffins of increasing size.
This face comes from Pakherenkhonsu's outermost coffin, the largest of the three. Also recovered from the debris of this outer coffin were the head end (28.3.53) and the footboard, which was decorated with a coiled cobra painted in yellow, red, and black, with a white hood and head. Two inscriptions in the center of the coil were painted in blue.
For the intermediary and inner coffins, see 28.3.50 and 28.3.51.
This face comes from Pakherenkhonsu's outermost coffin, the largest of the three. Also recovered from the debris of this outer coffin were the head end (28.3.53) and the footboard, which was decorated with a coiled cobra painted in yellow, red, and black, with a white hood and head. Two inscriptions in the center of the coil were painted in blue.
For the intermediary and inner coffins, see 28.3.50 and 28.3.51.
Artwork Details
- Title: Face from Outer Coffin of Pakherenkhonsu
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 25 (Kushite)
- Date: ca. 750–700 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb MMA 832 (H 3), Pit 1, Burial of Pakherenkhonsu, MMA excavations, 1914–15
- Medium: Wood, paint
- Dimensions: W. 53 cm × L. 42 cm (20 7/8 × 16 9/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
- Object Number: 28.3.49
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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