SARCOPHAGUS OF ASHAIT (DETAILS)

      Identity:         Ashait, Wife of Mentuhotep II
      Material:       Painted Limestone
      Period:          Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty
      Reign:           Mentuhotep II

Dimensions:
      Height:       97 cm
     Length:       250 cm  
      Width:        97 cm

         The interior decoration of the sarcophagus is painted in vivid colors and reproduces scenes of a palace life nearly identical to the carvings in sunk relief on the exterior. In the first scene, Ashait has coarse features and a stout figure. She is depicted sniffing lotuses, the symbol of life, while an attendant fans her and another presents a duck.

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