Clay coffin lid.
Coffin and fragment of lid, rectangular box with face moulded on lid. Such coffins were manufactured throughout Egyptian history and appear at a number of cemetery sites. They are difficult to date because of abstract features that remain constant throughout yet often differ considerably within the same period and at the same site.
Height: 30 cm
Length: 140 cm
Width: 35 cm
Method of acquisition: Given by Egypt Exploration Fund
Persian
-525
BCE
-
-401
BCE
Accession number: E.P.228
Primary reference Number: 64295
Oldadmincategory: P
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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