model coffin

A coarse wooden model coffin with two wooden shabtis, wrapped in linen and inscribed in ink. Such roughly shaped coffins with crude figures are typical of 2nd Intermediate Period shabtis.

Present location	LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL
Inventory number	1973.1.469
Dating	17TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site	ESNA
Category	SHABTI COFFIN
Material	WOOD; LINEN
Technique	WOOD-TECHNIQUE; WOVEN

Bibliography

• Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 62; pl.95.

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