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Coffin of Irtirutja

Ptolemaic Period
332–250 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 133
This elaborately decorated coffin belongs to Irtirutja, whose mummified body is also in the museum’s collection (86.1.53). Irtirutja was a priest in Akhmim and the inscription on his coffin lists seven preceding generations including his father Harresnet and his mother Taneferti, a musician for Min.

The coffin’s decoration includes a winged scarab beetle on the head, a broad collar with falcon terminals on the chest, various deities in the center, and depictions of the god Anubis on the feet.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Coffin of Irtirutja
  • Period: Ptolemaic Period
  • Date: 332–250 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations 1885–86
  • Medium: Plastered, painted, and gilded wood
  • Dimensions: L. 198.8 × W. 51.5 × D. 51 cm (78 1/4 × 20 1/4 × 20 1/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886
  • Object Number: 86.1.52a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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