THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 21TH-22ST DYNASTY, CIRCA 1069-715 B.C.

The addition of fine details in red paint accenting the eyes, nostrils and lips are typical of Third Intermediate Period anthropoid coffins, many of which derive from Deir el-Bahri. For similar examples from the coffins of Henettawy and Menkhepera, now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, see. D. Aston, Burials Assemblages of Dynasty 21-25: Chronology- Typology- Developments, pp. 198 and 200.). Note the rows of floral motifs adorning the wig, while a narrow braided beard indicates the divine transformation of the coffin’s owner.