ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Coffin Fragment

AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)

AAT Object Form/Functionfragments (object portions)

AAT Object Form/Functioncoffins

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodRoman Period

Date30 BCE-323 CE

MediumWood, gesso, pigment

Credit LineGift of Joseph A. Lewis II and Sofi Lewis

Dimensions4 7/8 x 13 1/4 x 1 in. (12.4 x 33.7 x 2.5 cm)

Object number2006.063.004

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 2009 - February 1, 2018
Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 10 - November 11, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, January 29, 2019-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

On view

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