Ancient Egyptian coffin from Illahun Faiyum dated 945 – 715 BC

Wooden anthropoid coffin, base & lid of the Divine Father, Duaneteref. Uninscribed. Base undecorated but plastered? & painted yellow, much of which remains. Shallow lid originally painted yellow, but paint largely lost on the front surface. With plastered and painted decoration of face, wig, scarab on top of head, floral collar,attached hands & red mummy braces. Painted in red, blue, black & white.

Petrie gives the name on the cartonnage mummy case as Neter-kheper-ra, but although now not well preserved it was written as Duaneteref (see Petrie, Kahun, Gurob & Hawara, pl.XXV,7 – for the inscription on the mummy case.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1892.7.2.a
  • Material: paint plaster wood
  • Culture: Dynasty 22
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: 945 - 715 BC
  • Object name: coffin
  • Dimensions: Length (coffin): 1900mm , Width: 500mm , Depth: 435mm
  • Published references: Petrie Illahun Kahun & Gurob pp.24 - 28 J H Taylor "Coffins as evidence for a 'North-South divide' in the 22nd - 25th Dynasties" in G. P. F. Broekman, R. J. Demaree and O. E. Kaper (eds), The Libyan Period in Egypt (Leiden, 2009) 375 - 416
  • Site: Illahun
  • Latitude: 29.233333
  • Longitude: 30.966667