Coffin lid of a lady. here you can see a floral collar. Below it sits Anubis, protecting the dead. He is shown as a jackal or dog. The writing is a prayer asking for offerings to the dead. Third Intermediate Period 1069-747 BC.

Coffin lid of anthropoid coffin made for a woman. has vulture headdress. Third Intermediate Period. At one point it was found with W304 and thus associated with el-Bersheh. This now seems unlikely. The inscription reads : May the king be gracious and give to Anubis, on his hill, in the bandage, lord of the Sacred Land, good god in the divine booth....'Beneath the floral collar is a recumbrant jackal. Aidan Dodson, 2000 says this is a north Egypt type. A number were found at Saqqara. They date from the 22nd Dynasty to 700 BC.

Collection

Egypt Centre, University of Swansea

Inventory Number

3543563

Title

Coffin lid of a lady. here you can see a floral collar. Below it sits Anubis, protecting the dead. He is shown as a jackal or dog. The writing is a prayer asking for offerings to the dead. Third Intermediate Period 1069-747 BC.

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