Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1070–945 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

One of two "plunderers' wedges" found in the pit of Tomb MMA 60, this was originally a wooden beard , painted blue, and may be the missing beard from the outer coffin of Tabakmut (25.3.10a, b). It was sharpened with an adze at one end to make a wedge, and there are signs of pounding on the other end. The excavators suggested that this and its mate (25.3.179a) were used to pry up coffin lids.

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Provenance

Title: Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit (possibly from outer coffin of Tabakmut), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Tamarisk
Dimensions: L. 14.5 × W. 5.5 cm (5 11/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.179b
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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