320 A MINIATURE COFFIN
See No. 317, A & B.
POSITION:
N.E. corner of chamber; placed on top of shawabti kiosks,
between Nos. 317 and 322; probably turned over and displaced
by the intruders.
DIMENSIONS:
L. 78; Max. W. 28.5; Max. H. 33.5 (at feet); cents.
DESCRIPTION:
(320) outermost coffin - a wooden coffin of anthropoid form
(similar in type to that of an Eighteenth dynasty private
burial); tied round with strips of linen at the neck and
ankles, and sealed - for type of seals employed see Nos. 275,
279.
Of wood; gesso-gilt; covered between details and texts with
black resin
Joint between lid and coffin sealed with black resin, which
covered a great deal of the formulae of the texts.
Has khat-headdress; usekh-collar, sections of which are
coloured yellow, green, yellow, and blue upon the gilding;
hands free (no emblems), spread-vulture over abdomen;
longitudinal and four transverse bands of formulae (see copy
attached), and ideograms of the gods thereof; Nephthys on top
of head; Isis under feet. No royal insignia.
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