Fragments of a Qersu coffin from Abydos

An image of Funerary equipment. Coffin. Twenty six fragments of a Qersu coffin from Tomb 840 at Abydos. Coffin belonged to Irethereru, governor of Abydos, overseer of priests of Osiris at Abydos and a priest of Hathor. Texts are cut into the wood and filled with white paste or Egyptian blue. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Abydos, Egypt. Wood, width 27.8 cm, height 28.8 cm, thickness 1.1 cm, 745- 650 B.C. Late Period.

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Funerary equipment. Coffin. Twenty six fragments of a Qersu coffin from Tomb 840 at Abydos. Coffin belonged to Irethereru, governor of Abydos, overseer of priests of Osiris at Abydos and a priest of Hathor. Texts are cut into the wood and filled with white paste or Egyptian blue. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Abydos, Egypt. Wood, width 27.8 cm, height 28.8 cm, thickness 1.1 cm, 745- 650 B.C. Late Period.

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Accession Number: E.14.1926
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7th Century 8th Century Ancient Egypt antiquity BC coffin Egyptian Fitz_ANT fragment funerary equipment hieroglyphics hieroglyphs Late Period script texts wood wooden

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