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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED COFFIN FRAGMENT
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED COFFIN FRAGMENT
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
One side with seven columns of hieroglyphs remaining, with funerary offering formulae to Osiris, the other side with a row and 5 columns of hieroglyphs, with a head surmounted by an incense cone
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
One side with seven columns of hieroglyphs remaining, with funerary offering formulae to Osiris, the other side with a row and 5 columns of hieroglyphs, with a head surmounted by an incense cone
13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired 19th Century; and thence by descent to the present owner.
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Francesca Hickin