Fragment of a coffin


Accession Number
WK26
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Woodwork case
Object Type
Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage
Periods
New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period
Dynasties
Nineteenth Dynasty to Twenty-first Dynasty
Material
Wood
Measurements
Height: 131mm | Width: 42mm | Depth: 8mm
Number of Elements
1
Divine Name
Anubis

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Description

A wooden openwork figure of a jackal god, possibly Anubis, missing its feet, arms, and muzzle. The wood is coated in a thin layer of gesso, which is painted yellow, blue, green, red, and black. It is perhaps part of an openwork mummy board, which were common during the Ramesside Period and Twenty-first Dynasty. It is part of the Woking Collection, which arrived to the Egypt Centre on long-term loan from Woking College in 2012 (Engel 2020).

Bibliography

Engel, Dulcie (2020) The Woking Loan: a collection within a collection at the Egypt Centre. Available at: https://www.egypt.swan.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WOKING-LOAN.pdf

Other Identity
E.23 (circular white label on the back)
Previous Owner
Woking College
Acquisition
Long-term loan, Woking College (31 May 2012)
Last modified: 21 Feb 2021
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