Miniature coffin, with embalmed object inside

An image of Funerary Equipment. Coffin. Miniature coffin, with embalmed object, possibly the body of an infant, coated in pitch inside. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Gizeh, Egypt. Wood, length 43.8 cm, width 13.4 cm, depth 14.1 cm, circa 664- circa 525 B.C. Dating not confident. Late Period.

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Funerary Equipment. Coffin. Miniature coffin, with embalmed object, possibly the body of an infant, coated in pitch inside. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Gizeh, Egypt. Wood, length 43.8 cm, width 13.4 cm, depth 14.1 cm, circa 664- circa 525 B.C. Dating not confident. Late Period.

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Accession Number: E.43.1907
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 406 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 91.69kB
Exposure time: 1/15
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2015:06:17 11:50:53

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6th Century 7th Century afterlife Ancient Egypt antiquity BC belief coffin Egyptian Fitz_ANT funerary equipment Late Period miniature wood wooden

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