AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN PANEL
AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN PANEL
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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN PANEL

LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN PANEL
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
80 1/4 in. x 17 1/4 in. (204 cm. x 44 cm.)
Provenance
Reputedly found at Saqqara.
Charles Cournault (1815-1904) collection; thence by descent to Abel Cournault (1856-1939) and Etienne Cournault (1891-1948).
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Lot Essay

From the side of a wooden coffin, carved in sunken relief with eight standing deities facing left, wearing a short kilt and holding the was sceptre and the ankh symbol. Each figure is flanked by a column of text, identifying the deceased and each god, from left to righ: 'Shu'; 'Imsety, who gives life (to) P(a)wahibreemakhet', 'Anubis, who is upon his hill (?), Great God, Lord of the Sacred Land (cemetery)', 'Hapy, who gives life (to) P(a)ankhwahibre Wahibreemakhet', 'Osiris, who gives life (to) Ankhpawahibre Wahibreemakhet', 'Kebeh-senuef, who gives life (to) Ankhwahibre', 'Anubis, who is foremost in the God’s Booth, who gives life to Wahibreankh (or Ankhwahibre?)', and 'Isis, who gives life to Wahibreankh (or Ankjhwahibre?) Pawahibreemakhet'.

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