Coffin

Egypt, likely Thebes, mid-21st Dynasty (about 1000 - 968 BCE)
Wood, gesso, polychrome and yellow varnish
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John Jewett Garland
LACMA #M.47.3a-c


Outer Lid: 74 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 14 in. (188.59 x 55.24 x 35.56 cm)


Inner Lid: 69 1/8 x 16 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (175.58 x 42.23 x 10.79 cm)


Detail from the top lid...


Detail from the top lid: Nephthys (Nebthet) and Osiris (Wesir)


Detail from the inner lid...


Detail from the inner lid: Wadjet with a shen blesses the soul of the one who has passed into the Duat.


Base: 73 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 13 in. (187.33 x 54.61 x 33.02 cm)


Detail from inside of base


Detail from inside of base