Coffin of Entemaemsaf

Unknown

ca. 1802–1640 B.C. · Sycomore wood, paint · Egyptian Art

The four black-painted coffins in gallery 109 are decorated with bands of inscription containing spells from the Coffin Texts. The eyes of Horus painted at the head end of the left side are enclosed in panels with a cavetto cornice on top. Two examples (31.3.429a, b; 31.3.430a, b) have a false door panel beneath the eyes, and a third (31.3.431) has a false door and a polychrome dado. On this coffin, which is inscribed for a priest named Nemtiemsaf "(the god) Nemti is his protection", the bands of inscription have a yellow background.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1802–1640 B.C.

Medium

Sycomore wood, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1932