Coffin Fragment

Title

Coffin Fragment

Description

Coffin Fragment, Wood with gesso and pigment, Egyptian 19-21 Dynasty. Wooden hand from an anthropoid coffin, typical of the ramesside period with yellow pigment and arms crossed over the chest. Here the hand is shown to be attached separately by means of dowels.

Date

1295 BC - 945 BC

Format

Height: 115 mm
Width: 135 mm
Depth: 35 mm
Weight: 9 g

Type

Identifier

C.001.033

Coverage

License

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License

Medium

Provenance

Acquired by Corporal John Walter Sinclair, Egypt, 1916

Rights Holder

A Brisbane Private Collection

Relation

P.001

Contributor

Mr James Donaldson

Files

C.001.033_1.png
C.001.033_2.png

Citation

New Kingdom (Egyptian), “Coffin Fragment,” First World War Antiquities, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ww1antiquities.omeka.net/items/show/34.

Comments

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Item Relations

Item: Corporal John Walter Sinclair frbr:ownerOf This Item