Inner Coffin Box of Gautsoshen
Gautsoshen was apparently buried in a single coffin, along with a mummy board. The lid of the coffin was badly crushed by stones falling into the burial pit and was left in Egypt. The interior decoration of the box is dominated by a figure of the Goddess of the West, holding a crook and an ankh. Included in the vignettes on the sides of the exterior is a female figure, likely meant to represent Gautsoshen but labeled as Neit, adoring various gods.
Artwork Details
- Title: Inner Coffin Box of Gautsoshen
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21
- Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Gautsoshen (P4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
- Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
- Dimensions: L. 196 cm (77 3/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
- Object Number: 26.3.7
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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