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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

AAT Object Form/Functioncoffins
AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)
AAT Object Form/Functionfragments (object portions)
CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date30 BCE-323 CE
MediumWood, gesso, pigment
Credit LineGift of Joseph A. Lewis, II and Sofi Lewis
Dimensions8 3/4 x 15 7/8 x 1 in. (22.2 x 40.3 x 2.5 cm)
Object number2006.063.001B
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