Catalogue of coffins

About the catalogue

Here you will find a catalogue of Egyptian coffins in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Some entries are more detailed than others,...

Gypsum plaster mask from a Roman coffin

Object name: Gypsum plaster mask from a Roman coffin Accession no.: E.3.1906 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 34...

Mummy case of Nakhtefmut

The mummy case of Nakhtefmut is constructed of cartonnage, with a gilded face and brightly decoration on a white plaster-like...

Fragments from a qersu coffin

Object name: Fragments from a qersu coffin Accession no.: E.14.1926 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: Overall L: 265 cm...

Plastered and gilded head of a sarcophagus

Object name: Plastered and gilded head of a sarcophagus Accession no.: E.27.1973 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: L: 43.9...

Miniature coffin

Object name: Miniature coffin Accession no.: E.43.1907 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 43.8 cm W 13.4 cm D...

Ptolemaic sarcophagus lid

Object name: Ptolemaic sarcophagus lid Accession no.: E.48.1901 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 156 cm W 61 cm...

Face from a coffin

Object name: Face from a coffin Accession no.: E.49.1926 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 36 cm Brief description:...

Red shroud mummy

Object name: Red shroud mummy Accession no.: E.63.1903 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H cm W cm D cm...

Painted wooden coffin of a woman named Nakht

Object name: Painted wooden coffin Accession no.: E.68.1903 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 54.5cm W 185 cm D...

Coffin of Khety

Object name: Coffin of Khety Accession no.: E.71.1903 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 50 cm W 186 cm...

Anthropoid coffin of Userhet

Object name: Anthropoid coffin of Userhet Accession no.: E.88.1903 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 182.4 cm W 42.1...

Gilded cartonnage Roman mask

Object name: Gilded cartonnage Roman mask Accession no.: E.103a.1911 Other numbers and markings: Dimensions: H 74 cm W 42 cm...

Gilded cartonnage Roman footcase

Object name: Gilded cartonnage Roman footcase Accession no.: E.103b.1911 Other numbers and markings: Dimensions: H 25.3 cm W 14.5 cm...

Wooden beard from a New Kingdom coffin

Object name: Wooden beard from a New Kingdom coffin Accession no.: E.105.1932 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 16.5...

Cartonnage mask of a man called Tjay

Object name: Cartonnage mask of a man called Tjay Accession no.: E.198.1903 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 27.5...

Coffin of the mourning women

Object name: Coffin of the mourning women Accession no.: E.283.1900 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: Sides : 42 x...

Face with a beard from a coffin

Object name: Face with a beard from a coffin Accession no.: E.GA.111.1949 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 38.1...

Gilded cartonnage mask

Object name: Gilded cartonnage mask Accession no.: E.GA.290.1949 Other numbers and markings: “R.G. Gayer-Anderson Loan Collection, 1917 IX M.2 [crossed...

Cartonnage fragment showing Nut

Object name: Cartonnage fragment showing Nut Accession no.: E.GA.291.1949 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 14.1 cm W 45.9...

Face from a New Kingdom coffin

Object name: Face from a New Kingdom coffin Accession no.: E.GA.501.1947 Other numbers and markings: “E.GA.501-1947” in ink. “30” in...

Gilded face from a coffin

Object name: Gilded face from a coffin Accession no.: E.GA.505.1947 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 16.6 cm W...

Face from a yellow coffin

Object name: Face from a yellow coffin Accession no.: E.GA.507.1947 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 24.6 cm W...

Hand from a yellow coffin

Object name: Hand from a yellow coffin Accession no.: E.GA.2861.1943 Other numbers and markings: Luxor, 24.XII.14 (written on the underside)...

Cartonnage coffin fragment showing the goddess Isis

Object name: Cartonnage coffin fragment showing the goddess Isis Accession no.: E.GA.2887.1943 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 37.3...

Fragment of openwork decoration

Object name: Fragments of openwork decoration Accession no.: E.GA.2897.1943 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 21.3 cm W 5.4...

Fragment of openwork decoration

Object name: Fragment of openwork decoration Accession no.: E.GA.2898.1943 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 25.5 cm W 7.7...

Early Eighteenth Dynasty footboard

Object name: Early Eighteenth Dynasty footboard Accession no.: E.GA.2910.1943 Other numbers and markings: “THEBES GOURNA” in ink “2910-1943” in ink...

Sycomore fig footboard from a cartonnage coffin

Object name: Sycomore fig footboard from a cartonnage coffin Accession no.: E.GA.2911.1943 Other numbers and markings: “Luxor 24.XII.14” in ink;...

Wooden panel showing the goddess Nephthys

Object name: Wooden panel showing the goddess Nephthys Accession no.: E.GA.4331.1943 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 33 cm...

Lotus flower from a coffin

Object name: Lotus flower from a coffin Accession no.: E.GA.5851.1943 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 10.9 cm W...

Fragment from the coffin of the master physician, Wepwawetemhat

Object name: Fragment from the coffin of the master physician, Wepwawetemhat Accession no.: E.W.66a Other numbers and markings: “W.66” in...

Coffin fragment

Object name: Coffin fragment Accession no.: E.W.66b Other numbers and markings: “W.66” in ink Dimensions: H 0.07 m W 0.034...

Fragment from the coffin of an unknown woman

Object name: Fragment from the coffin of an unknown woman Accession no.: E.W.82 Other numbers and markings: “E.W.82” written in...

Head end of a yellow coffin box

Object name: Head end of a yellow coffin box Accession no.: E.1.2004 Other numbers and markings: tbd Dimensions: H 27...