PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-32 B.C.

The slightly boxy construction of the coffin is in contrast with the large scale and fine quality of carving of the face, and the attractive use of polychromy for the elaborate decoration. The lid depicts the deceased wearing a tripartite wig and a broad beaded collar. Beneath this are three registers including the sky goddess kneeling with wings outstretched, the deceased depicted as a mummy, lying on a lion-form funerary bier with canopic jars beneath and flanked by Isis and Nephthys, and the third register with three kneeling deities. The foot board is painted with two jackal deities flanking an ankh sign, and the side panels with a wavy serpent, each wearing a crown of upper and lower Egypt. The back of the sarcophagus is painted with the goddess Nut with one hand raised and wearing a tight sheath dress and a star headdress.
Like the Middle Kindgom coffin for Senbi (lot 7 in the sale), this coffin comes from the Khashaba collection and is also likely to have been found during Kamal's 1910 excavations at Meir.