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Coffin Fragment with Two Images of Anubis

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Wood, pigment
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
  • DATES ca. 1292 B.C.E. or later
    DYNASTY Dynasty 19, or later
    PERIOD New Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 5 7/8 x 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (15 x 1.7 x 27 cm) mount (support/display board): 7 x 11 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (17.8 x 29.8 x 4.8 cm)  (show scale)
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.2045E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION A fragment of a wooden coffin, inscribed and having two figures of jackals.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Coffin Fragment with Two Images of Anubis, ca. 1292 B.C.E. or later. Wood, pigment, 5 7/8 x 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (15 x 1.7 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2045E (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2045E_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 37.2045E_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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     <em>Coffin Fragment with Two Images of Anubis</em>, ca. 1292 B.C.E. or later. Wood, pigment, 5 7/8 x 11/16 x 10 5/8 in. (15 x 1.7 x 27 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2045E (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2045E_PS9.jpg)