Inner Coffin of Kharushere
The innermost of a nest of wooden coffins (86.1.31–86.1.34), this object was beautifully carved and elegantly painted for a Doorkeeper of the Gate of Amun named Kharushery. Here he wears a tripartite wig with painted striations topped by a fillet, with a scarab beetle, representing the god Khepri, atop his head. From his narrow shoulders hangs a broad collar with bands of geometric designs and two red ribbons. Across his chest is a winged uraeus, and beneath this, the decoration of the body and legs is divided into registers: on top, the deceased is presented by Thoth to the Lord of Eternity while Anubis weighs his heart; the second shows Isis and Nephthys flanking a crowned djed-column; and the bottom section depicts the barque of the funerary god Sokar within a shrine.
Artwork Details
- Title: Inner Coffin of Kharushere
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 22
- Date: ca. 750–720 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, February 1885
- Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
- Dimensions: L. 187 cm (73 5/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886
- Object Number: 86.1.33a, b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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