Fragment of a Coffin
Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker
New Kingdom or later (1550-1070 BCE)
Wood and paint
Overall: 13 × 1 15/16 in. (33 × 5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.2.496
Geography
Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Research Area
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
A column of inscription naming “Osiris, lord of ...”; below “basin of alabaster” is line of inscription (t3, p, di); row of stars.
Course History
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Fall 2019
Provenance
Collected by Mary Maynard Hitchcock (1834-1887) and Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), in Egypt (possibly from a dealer in Alexandria or Cairo), about 1867-68; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
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