Card/Transcription No.: 317a-01

317, A. A NEST OF TWO COFFINS (CONTAINING 1 
SEE No. 320 and 317 B.

DIMENSIONS: -
L. 49.5; Max. W. 20; Max. H. 26.2, cents (at feet).

DESCRIPTION: -
OUTER COFFIN - a miniature coffin of anthropoid form (similar
in type to that of private burials); tied round with strips of
linen at neck, waist, and ankles, and sealed. (For types of
seals employed see Nos. 302 and 282)
The coffin of wood; gesso-gilt; field filled in with black
resin.
Head dress of striated (blue & gold) private burial type;
usekh-collar, with hawk-head shoulder pieces; hands free (no
emblems); vulture over abdomen; three longitudinal bands, and
four transverse bands, of formulae (see copy attached). The
figure of Nephthys on top of head; the figure of Isis, and two
deds, under feet.
No insignia on forehead.

(317 a (1)). INNER-COFFIN - Fits into interior of outer
coffin.
Of wood; gesso-gilt; of similar type to outer coffin.
For the formulae (see copy attached).
Contents: see 317 a(2).