Ancient Egyptian model coffin fragment from Deir el Bahari dated 2055 – 1985 BC

One side of a wooden shabti box or model coffin, perhaps for a bird. Painted/plastered white on the inside and outside. The outside has then been decorated with two red lines running horizontal along the middle of the panel, separated by a line of hieroglyphic text. The text appears to have run around the box, and traces of the signs are found on the end edges of the side panels. There are traces of at least six dowel holes, with dowels broken off in them, on the inner surface. A modern hoop has been fixed to the top of the board presumably to enable it to be hung up for display in the twentieth century.

Ancient Egyptian model coffin fragment from Deir el Bahari
 
 dated 2055 – 1985 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1907.90.2.b
  • Material: wood
  • Culture: Dynasty 11
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Excavator: E. Naville
  • Dated: 2055 - 1985 BC
  • Object name: model coffin fragment
  • Dimensions: Length: 275mm , Width: 125mm , Depth: 19mm
  • Published references: Naville E XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el Bahari 3 1913
  • Site: Deir el Bahari
  • Latitude: 25.738333
  • Longitude: 32.607778