TAA i.3.5.8
Typewritten report on the miniature gold coffins. Appears to be a copy of the text from object card 266g-1.
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
THE MINATURE GOLD COFFIN FROM THE N. E. RECEPTACLE. 8
Bears the Neith Dua-mutef formula.
Max. L. 39 cms.
Was closed by the means of twisted linen tied round the neck and
ankles.
Made of beaten gold and decorated with coloured glass and carneleansic.
The glass is of lapis-blue and turquoise-blue colour, the carneleansic
has been backed with a red pigment to enhance its colour.
Wears the nemes-headdress, the Nekhebet-Buto insignia on forehead.
Holds in the R. hand the flagellum and in the L. hand the crozier
sceptre.
Wears round the neck a double bead necklace and the usekh-collar.
The shoulders and upper part of the body is enveloped in the wings
of Nekhebet and Buto, the rest of the body being decorated with
feather ornament – the wings of Isis.
The work of the lid does not agree exactly with that of the coffin,
neither does the lid fit truly on to the coffin. They may be the
work of two craftsmen working independently upon a given design.
Upon the soles of the feet is the symbol O, corresponding to a
similar mark upon the lid of the receptacle.
CONTENTS: The ….. wrapped in linen mummiform.
L. 22.5 cms., max. diam. 3.85 cms., min. diam. 2.80 cms. (when unwrapped)