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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Coffin Lid of Neskashuti
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Coffin Lid of Neskashuti

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 25
Date722-655 BCE
MediumWood, pigment, gesso, linen
Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art
Dimensions70 7/8 x 21 1/4 x 16 9/16 in. (180 x 54 x 42 cm)
Object number1999.001.009 B
Label TextThis coffin belonged to a man named Neskashuti, Chief of the singers of Min, son of Paenmiw, Divine Father of Min, and Overseer of the singers of Min. Possibly made in Akhmim, the primary cult center of Min, the broad facial features are typical of coffins of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. On the chest is the image of a winged kneeling goddess.
Exhibition HistoryCultural Sensations: Africa, Coca-Cola Company Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21 - June 20, 2003
Shown in conjunction with Excavating Egypt, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, September 30, 2006 - January 7, 2007; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 8, 2007 - January 13, 2008
Shown in conjunction with Lost Kingdoms of the Nile, Clay Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 12, 2009 - April 26, 2010
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, May 1, 2013 - June 10, 2026
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), 52.
Kea Johnston, "Reading and Writing in Retrograde on Late Coffins from Akhmim," in Current Research in Egyptology 2023: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium, University of Basel, 10-14 September 2023, ed. L. Dogaer et al. (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2024), 203, Figure 7.
ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art