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Outer Coffin of Khonsu

New Kingdom, Ramesside
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126
The Servitor in the Place of Truth, Khonsu, the son of Sennedjem and Iineferty, was buried in his father's tomb. His mummy, covered by a mummy mask and laid in the wooden inner coffin, indicates that he was between fifty and sixty years old at his death. This coffin shows the deceased wearing a tripartite striated wig and holding in his right hand the djed symbol for "stability," and tit, for "protection," in his left. For the inner coffin of Khonsu see 86.1.2a, b. Other objects in the collection that were discovered in the same tomb can be viewed here.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Outer Coffin of Khonsu
  • Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 19
  • Reign: reign of Ramesses II
  • Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1885–86
  • Medium: Wood, gesso, paint, varnish
  • Dimensions: H. 200 cm (78 3/4 in)
  • Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 1886
  • Object Number: 86.1.1a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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