|
Coffin of
Maatkare
JE 26200 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Painted Cedar
Wood and Acacia Wood and Gold Leaf
Size: Length 22.3 cm
Location: TWestern Thebes, Deir el-Bahri Cache (TT
320)
Excavation: Antiquities Service Excavations of 1881
Period: 21st Dynasty Reign of Pinudjem I (c. 1065-1045
BC)
|
|
This coffin was found among dozens of others in the
first Deir
al-Bahri Cache. Maatkare was probably the daughter
of the high priest of Amun, Pinudjem I, and Queen
Henuttawy. She probably held the title, "Divine
Adoratrice of the God Amun".
This coffin is of the mummiform type and is
particularly large. It was probably designed to contain
a second coffin.
|
Click
Here for Picture of the Day Archive
See
also our New Reader Picture Archive
Note: If you have a picture you would
like featured, please email to jimdunn@interoz.com
|
