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Outer coffin lid of Chief of scribes of the Temple of Amun Re

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An image of Funerary equipment/ coffin. Coffins (2) and lid, of 'Chief of scribes of the temple of Amun Re, Nespawershefi'. Wood, depth, 49 cm, width 60 cm, length 206 cm, length 190 cm, length, lid, 179 cm. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Thebes. Third Intermediate period, 1000 B.C.

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Funerary equipment/ coffin. Coffins (2) and lid, of 'Chief of scribes of the temple of Amun Re, Nespawershefi'. Wood, depth, 49 cm, width 60 cm, length 206 cm, length 190 cm, length, lid, 179 cm. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Thebes. Third Intermediate period, 1000 B.C.

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  • Accession Number: E.1.1822
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 28
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 452 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 112.50kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2006:05:09 17:00:39

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11th Century afterlife Amon-Re Amun-Ra Amun-Re Ancient Egypt antiquity arms arms crossed arms folded BC belief cartonnage coffin Egyptian Fitz_ANT funerary funerary equipment hieroglyphics hieroglyphs mummy mummy coffin religion Third Intermediate Period wood wooden

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