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Michael C.Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Coffin Fragment
Michael C.Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Michael C.Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Michael C.Carlos Museum, Emory University.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Coffin Fragment

CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date30 BCE-323 CE
MediumWood, gesso, pigment
Credit LineGift of Joseph A. Lewis, II and Sofi Lewis
Dimensions8 1/4 x 12 3/16 x 1 in. (21 x 31 x 2.5 cm)
Object number2006.063.001A
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - June 3, 2013
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Simon Ohan Simonian, Switzerland, from 1970s. Imported into United States, July 8, 2003. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Kevork Simonian [Nomis Antiquities], Van Nuys, California, 2006.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art