Coffin of Nemtiemsaf

Middle Kingdom

ca. 1802–1640 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109

The four black-painted coffins in gallery 109 are decorated with bands of inscription containing spells from the Coffin Texts. The eyes of Horus painted at the head end of the left side are enclosed in panels with a cavetto cornice on top. Two examples (31.3.429a, b; 31.3.430a, b) have a false door panel beneath the eyes, and a third (31.3.431) has a false door and a polychrome dado. On this coffin, which is inscribed for a priest named Nemtiemsaf "(the god) Nemti is his protection", the bands of inscription have a yellow background.

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Title: Coffin of Nemtiemsaf
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1802–1640 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa and north of Padiamenemopet, MMA excavations, 1919–20
Medium: Sycomore wood, paint
Dimensions: Coffin box: L. 196.5 cm (77 3/8 in); W. 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in); H. 59 cm (23 1/4 in)
Lid: L. 183 cm (72 1/16 in); W. 41 cm (16 1/8 in); H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Object Number: 32.3.428a, b
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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