Outer Coffin of Nephthys
Unknown
ca. 1961–1878 B.C. · Painted sycomore and ziziphus wood, gold leaf · Egyptian Art
The mummified body of Nephthys (11.150.15c) was buried in a coffin set that included an outer rectangular wooden coffin and an inner mummy-shaped coffin (11.150.15b) made out of cartonnage (layers of linen with plaster). On the outer coffin is her name and her title "mayor’s daughter," but both are a later addition, indicating that the coffin was originally made for another person.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
- Medium
- Painted sycomore and ziziphus wood, gold leaf
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1911
