LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

This coffin base is inscribed for its original owner, the nobleman Pa-Iuiu. The inscription around the sides is the Hetep-Di-Nsw formula, and reads, "May the king grant a boon to Osiris, foremost of the West, the Great God, Lord of Abydos, that he may give what the earth creates, what the inundation brings, and what a god lives on to the venerated Pa-Iuiu." Interestingly, the names of the four sons of Horus have been confused by the artist, as they do not correspond to the correct Canopic jars depicted in the lower register.