© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Inner Coffin Base of Iawttayesheret

AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)

AAT Object Form/Functioncoffins

AAT Object Techniqueinscribing

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 25

Date722-655 BCE

MediumWood, gesso, pigment

Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art

Dimensions67 5/16 x 20 1/2 x 16 9/16 in. (171 x 52.1 x 42.1 cm)

Object number1999.001.008 C

Label TextThis nested set of coffins belonged to a woman named Iawttayesheret, also called Tayesheret. The daughter of Padikhnum and Tadiaset, Iawttayesheret was the great follower of the Divine Adoratirce of Amun, and almost certainly resided in Thebes, both her titles and the high quality of her coffins indicated that Iawttayesheret was a woman of some stature.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva (September/October 2001): 9-16.
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 53-55.

ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.

Status

On view

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