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Wooden coffin

Wooden coffin
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

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Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0608

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 (Al Ashmunin storerooms) 58

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showcase 7

Wooden coffin

Category:
Tomb equipment, coffins
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Minya, Sharuna (El-Kom El-Ahmar)
Material(s):
Organic material, wood
Height:
35.5 cm;
Length:
158.5 cm;
Width:
45 cm
Hall:
In the Afterlife, showcase 7



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 90-91.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 88-89, 317.
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