ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Coffin Base of Taosiris

Place FoundAkhmim, Egypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

Periodearly Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy II

Date282-246 BCE

MediumWood, gesso, paint

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions72 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (183.5 x 52 x 11.5 cm)

Object number2018.010.824B

Label TextThis coffin belongs to Taosiris who was a priestess of Osiris in Akhmim (ancient Egyptian name Ipu). She was the daughter of Nesmin and his wife Taamun. The coffin group dates stylistically to the early Ptolemaic Period. The interior of the coffin base is decorated with a full-length red outline of a goddess wearing a tripartite wig
Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023

ProvenanceSaid to have been excavated by Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) at Akhmim, Egypt. Said to be ex coll. Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913), received as a gift, 1884. With Gabriel Peytraud, Toulouse, France, 1914. Said to be ex coll. Marquis de Gestas, Tarbes, France, from 1915. Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Francois Antonovich, 1975. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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