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coffin, footboard
Wooden footboard from a coffin with black and white Apis bull. Painted red on black. The inscription states this was made for the Lady of the House and Chantress of Amun, Tjesmutperet, daughter of Nespaset. 27cm wide. The Apis bull was put on private coffins from the 22nd Dynasty. Bonnet (RAeRG p. 49) states that the Apis scene originated in 'the Running of the Apis ritual', in which offerings wer…
Type of item
- coffin, footboard
- Third Intermediate Period - Late Period
- Late Period
Date
- 1069 B.C.-332 B.C.
- -1069/-0332
Type of item
- coffin, footboard
- Third Intermediate Period - Late Period
- Late Period
Date
- 1069 B.C.-332 B.C.
- -1069/-0332
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W1025
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:05:44.970Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:23.385Z