Anthropoid coffin
- Accession Number
- AB119
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage, Coffin/sarcophagus of humans
- Material
- Wood
- Number of Elements
- 2
- Culture
- Egyptian
Licensing details
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- Description
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A wooden anthropoid coffin constructed of poor quality wood that has been covered with plaster in places. Some of the plaster has traces of red paint. It is damaged in places with the nose broken off, and the ears lose.
- Previous Owner
- University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- Acquisition
- Gift, The University of Wales, Aberystwyth (24 Mar 1997)
- Last modified: 08 Mar 2022