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Box in the shape of a naos

Box in the shape of a naos
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0799

Inv.Inventory
 (Al-Asasif-Storeroom 33) 162

Box in the shape of a naos

Category:
Religious / Cult objects, naoi
Date:
Ancient Egyptian period, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty (1550-1295 BCE)
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Luxor (Thebes), West Bank, Valley of the Kings (Tomb of Tutankhamun)
Material(s):
Organic material, wood
Height:
91 cm;
Width:
26 cm;
Depth:
25 cm
This artifact was transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum (Giza) on 25 February 2021.



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

References
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 27, 313.
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