Painted wooden coffin, from Beni Hasan

An image of Funerary Equipment. Coffin, with lid. Inscribed for a woman with the title 'Lady of the House' called Nakht. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Beni Hasan; tomb 23. Wood, painted, height 0.545, m, length 1.855, m, width 0.438, m, 1985-1773 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle Kingdom.

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Funerary Equipment. Coffin, with lid. Inscribed for a woman with the title 'Lady of the House' called Nakht. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Beni Hasan; tomb 23. Wood, painted, height 0.545, m, length 1.855, m, width 0.438, m, 1985-1773 B.C. Twelfth Dynasty. Middle Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.68.1903
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 509 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 131.59kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2006:05:22 20:32:25

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