Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge

Third Intermediate Period

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.

Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge, Tamarisk

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Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge, Tamarisk
Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge, Tamarisk
Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge, Tamarisk
Coffin Beard Used as Plunderers' Wedge, Tamarisk

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