Detail View: The AMICA Library: Coffin of Senbi
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1914.716.a-b
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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Egyptian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egypt, Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III
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Title:
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Coffin of Senbi
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1918-1859 BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-1918
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Creation End Date:
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-1859
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Materials and Techniques:
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gessoed and painted cedar
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Classification Term:
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Funerary Equipment
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Classification Term:
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Funerary Equipment
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Style or Period:
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Egypt, Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 70cm x 55cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1914.716.a
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ID Number:
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1914.716.b
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Credit Line:
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Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Meir, excavations of Ahmed Bey Kamal, 1910. Purchased in Asyut by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent, 1913
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Context:
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This is the most common type of coffin during the Middle Kingdom. The mummy was placed on his left side, facing east, his head behind the two magical eyes. These--in the shape of human eyes, to which have been added the markings of a falcon's head--were supposed to enable him to behold the rising sun, reborn daily. The long horizontal inscriptions are prayers to Anubis (god of embalming) and Osiris (god of the dead) for offerings of food and drink and other items necessary in the afterlife. The short vertical inscriptions place him under the protection of various other cosmic and funerary deities.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1914.716.a-b.tif
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