WOOD SARCOPHAGUS FOOTCASE OF TA-BAK-EN-MUT

WOOD SARCOPHAGUS FOOTCASE OF TA-BAK-EN-MUT

Polychrome painted, three vertical columns with hieroglyphic text:
‘…Words spoken by the Osiris, the Lady of the House, the Chantress of Amun-Re, King of the Gods, Ta-[Bak]-en-Mut…’
At either side of text seated woman in mourning, winged eye above.

Ex priv. coll. D.v.B, Netherlands, acq. from Vte Eland 2012
Dim. 13 x 29,5 x 33 cm. Cleaned and stabilized, RMO Leiden

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dyn., c. 1053 – 978 BC

Lit. A. Niwinsky, 21st Dynasty coffins from Thebes, Mainz 1988, pl. III B, Type 2a (see) Louvre E 13029