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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Sarcophagus Cover
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.

Sarcophagus Cover

Artist
DateLate Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
MediumCartonnage, gesso, and paint on wood
Dimensions33 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (85.1 x 54.6 x 16.5 cm)
Overall, Support: 78 x 29 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (198.1 x 75.6 x 29.2 cm)
ClassificationsAncient art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.1977
Collections
On View
On view
DescriptionCarved wooden sculpture made of numerous pieces of wood joined with glue and doweled. Eyes and eyebrows may be glass inlays. This is the head and chest of a painted wooden coffin lid, showing the face of the deceased painted in ochre, wearing a long wig painted in blue and yellow stripes, and a large collar. On the top of the head a scarab beetle is painted.

Label TextSarcophagus Cover Late Period, 664–525 B.C.E. Cartonnage, gesso, and paint on wood Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 0.1977
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Anthropoid Coffin
Unknown
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Coffin Fragment
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 25-30, 730-343 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Shabti Figure
Unknown
Third Intermediate Period and the reign of Nectanebo II, 1069-343 B.C
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Shabti Figure
Unknown
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Shabti Figure
Unknown
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Shabti Figure
Unknown
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, 1075-945 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.
Owl Face
Unknown
Ptolemaic-Roman Period, 3rd century B.C.-1st century A.D., 299 B.C.-99 A.D.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Shabti Figure
Unknown
3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1069-945 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Shabti Figure
Unknown
3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, ca. 1069-945 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
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