Face from Inner Coffin of Pakherenkhonsu
Third Intermediate Period
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 Pakherenkhonsu's 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 innermost coffin, the only one of the set to have a beard. This had been mortised to the chin, but was detached when discovered by the excavators. Also of wood, it was a braided beard that had been painted blue and outlined in gold leaf. The inlaid eyes, which were likely of different materials, are missing.
For the outer and middle coffins, see 28.3.49 and 28.3.50.
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