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Summary
Coffin of Nesykhonsu
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Title
Coffin of Nesykhonsu
Description
A complete set of coffins during the late New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period consisted of an outer and inner coffin and a mummy board (essentially a lid without a case, placed directly over the wrapped mummy). Judging by its size, this must have been Nesykhonsu's outer coffin. The type is essentially the same as the coffin of Bakenmut, which was also an outer coffin. The two coffins are said to have been found together and to have belonged to a man and wife. This is quite possible, although the inscriptions do not bear it out. Bakenmut is not mentioned on Nesykhonsu's coffin, nor is she mentioned on his. There was by this time a tremendous repertoire of scenes appropriate for coffin decoration. Whereas Bakenmut's coffin features images of deified dead pharaohs, Nesykhonsu's is decorated in a more personal way with scenes from her own funeral. The main scene in the interior (near the top) shows a priest clad in a panther skin with the mummy of Nesykhonsu behind. The god appears in mummy form and wears a sun disk on his head. The scarab beetle inside the sun disk identifies him as Khepri, the morning sun, and the hieroglyphs to the right identify him as Atum, the evening sun. Taken together, image and text represent the sun god in both his rising and setting, youthful and aged aspects.
Date
-976
Medium
Gessoed and painted sycamore fig
Dimensions
Overall: 70 cm (27 9/16 in.)
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
Native name
Cleveland Museum of Art
Location
Cleveland, United States of America
Coordinates
41° 30′ 32″ N, 81° 36′ 42″ W
Established
1913 (Officially opened in 1916)
Website
www.clevelandart.org
Authority file
: Q657415
VIAF: 125472356
ISNI: 0000000419367873
ULAN: 500209693
LCCN: n78087650
NLA: 35029027
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q657415
Current location
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession number
1914.714
Place of creation
Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 (1069-945 BC) to early Dynasty 22 (945-715 BC)
Credit line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Source/Photographer
https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.714
Licensing
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