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Catafalque Cover of Asetemakhbyt
JE 26276 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Painted
Leather
Size: Height 195 cm; Length: 272 cm; Width: 240 cm
Location: WEstern Thebes, Deir el-Bahri Cache (TT 320)
Excavation: Antiquities Service Excavations of 1881
Period: 21st Dynasty reign of Pinudjem I (About
1065-1045 BC)
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Discovered in the famous Deir
el-Bahri Cache, this was the drapery that covered
the catafalque below which the coffin of Asetemakhbyt
was placed during the funeral ceremony. It use is
documented in tomb paintings and wooden models depicting
funeral processions, in which the coffin is surmounted
by a light wooden superstructure covered with a cloth
while it is being transported to the tomb.
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