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Coffin of Khety made of sycamore fig

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An image of Funerary Equipment. Coffin of Khety made of sycamore fig; part of one side is missing and original 'feet' lost; one line of painted text on lid and side; plastered wood painted with earth pigment. Black drafting lines still visible. Text sketched in back and coloured with Egyptian blue. An eye panel is painted on one side. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Beni Hasan; 366. Wood, painted, height, 50, cm, length, 186, cm, width, 44.4, cm, ca 1990-1950 BC. Twelfth Dynasty; Middle Kingdom.

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Funerary Equipment. Coffin of Khety made of sycamore fig; part of one side is missing and original 'feet' lost; one line of painted text on lid and side; plastered wood painted with earth pigment. Black drafting lines still visible. Text sketched in back and coloured with Egyptian blue. An eye panel is painted on one side. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Beni Hasan; 366. Wood, painted, height, 50, cm, length, 186, cm, width, 44.4, cm, ca 1990-1950 BC. Twelfth Dynasty; Middle Kingdom.

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  • Accession Number: E.71.1903
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/20.0
  • Focal length: 56
  • Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 437 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 87.93kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2006:05:22 18:16:29

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20th Century afterlife Ancient Egypt antiquity BC beni hasan coffin Egyptian eyes Fitz_ANT funerary equipment Middle Kingdom painted sycamore wadjet eye wedjat eye wood wooden

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