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 orange chalk.
Dimensions: H 15.1 cm W 15 cm D 7.7 cm
Brief description:
Face from a coffin, carved from sidr wood, with recesses for inlaid eyes and eyebrows. The inlays are lost, but impressions of them survive in the remains of the adhesive, which is made of Egyptian blue and gum.
Date: About 1550-1070 BC
Find spot: Unknown
Acquisition: Given by R.G. Gayer-Anderson
Construction, decoration and materials:
Basic info: JD will do
Further information about construction, decoration and materials
Other information
Face from a New Kingdom coffin front view
