Fragment of a sarcophagus
- Accession Number
- W1367b
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Coffins case, Left
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Amenhotep III
- Material
- Stone/minerals (Granodiorite)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Thebes/Luxor, Western
- Measurements
- Height: 293mm | Width: 320mm | Depth: 70mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Divine Name
- Anubis
Licensing details
- Description
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One of two pieces of a sarcophagus which do not fit together belonging to Amenhotep Son of Hapu. His titles are shown and include: 'commander of the army'; fan bearer on the right side of the king; Overseer of the two granaries of Upper and Lower Egypt; Hereditary Noble. The piece was purchased by Wellcome from the Rustafjaell collection auctioned in 1906. Amenhotep Son of Hapu was an Egyptian saint. He was born in 1430 BC and became scribe and royal architect. He died in his eighties and was buried in a rock cut tomb in western Thebes. After his death he was revered for his wisdom and from the Late Period was worshipped as a god of medicine. The coffin is similar in style to that of Merymose, Amenhotep III's viceroy of Nubia which is now in the British Museum.
- Bibliography
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Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 131] Rustafjaell cat pl. IX.3 Varille, A., 1968. 'Inscriptions concernant l'architecte Amenhotep fils de Hapou' (IFAO Cairo).
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- Other Identity
- 631 (rectangular serrated label) | 332a (rectangular label with blue frame)
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 20 Mar 2022