Clay coffin lid.: E.P.228

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Clay coffin lid.

Entities

Coffin

Categories

Funerary equipment

Description

Coffin and fragment of lid, rectangular box with face moulded on lid. Such coffins were manufactured throughout Egyptian history and appear at a number of cemetery sites. They are difficult to date because of abstract features that remain constant throughout yet often differ considerably within the same period and at the same site.

Measurements and weight

Height: 30 cm
Length: 140 cm
Width: 35 cm

Find spot

Bahariya Oasis Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Egypt Exploration Fund

Dating

Persian
-525 BCE - -401 BCE

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.P.228
Primary reference Number: 64295
Oldadmincategory: P
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 13 April 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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