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Inner rectangular coffin of Hapiankhtifi

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112
The smaller inner rectangular coffin of the steward Hapiankhtifi was found nested inside a larger outer coffin (12.183.11a). Inside was an anthropoid coffin (12.183.11c.1–.2) containing the mummy of a middle-aged man (now in the Peabody Museum). The decoration of this inner rectangular coffin is simpler than that of the outer coffin, with fewer bands of text. At the head end of one long side, between two vertical bands of inscription recording protective speeches by various gods, are paintedwedjat eyes out of which the deceased could see and brightly-colored niches (a "palace facade" pattern) to identify the coffin as the divine home of the deceased.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Inner rectangular coffin of Hapiankhtifi
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12
  • Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Meir, Tomb of Hapiankhtifi, Khashaba excavations, 1910–12
  • Medium: Coniferous wood (Taxus sp.), paint
  • Dimensions: L. 203.5 × W. 57 × H. 83 cm (80 1/8 × 22 7/16 × 32 11/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.183.11b.1, .2
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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