LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXV-XXVI, CIRCA 747-525 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN WOOD SARCOPHAGUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXV-XXVI, CIRCA 747-525 B.C.
Complete with lid and box, gessoed and painted, the deceased depicted wearing a striped wig, the green face with white and black stone inlaid eyes, bronze eyelines and brows, wearing a false beard and a broad collar, a single line of hieroglyphic text around the feet, containing an offering formula for Iy, reading: 'that he may give water, (for) the ba, offerings (for) the corpse, clothing (for) the mummy, (for) the ka of the...Osiris, the God's Father, Guardian Iy, son of...true of voice'
72 in. (183 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Belgium, acquired 1972; thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Interestingly, the name of the deceased's father was going to be provided in the offering formula, but was left out due to lack of space.
For similar cf. 'Coffin of Horankh', The Dallas Musuem of Art, The Cecil and Ida Green Acquisition Fund, acquisition no. 1994.184.

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