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Falcon-Headed Coffin for a Corn Osiris
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Falcon-Headed Coffin for a Corn Osiris

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period - Ptolemaic Period
Date722-30 BCE
MediumWood, gesso, pigment
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions18 7/8 x 6 x 4 13/16 in. (47.9 x 15.2 x 12.2 cm)
Object number2004.072.001
Label TextOn special feast days, figurines of the god Osiris, molded in mud and grain, were offered at sacred sites. These figurines were sometimes placed in small coffins with the head of a falcon, evoking the god Sokar, another important funerary deity.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - May 8, 2013
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, March - May 2002.
ProvenanceEx coll. Thomas J. Scapillato, United States. Ex coll. Paul Mooney, United States, purchased from Scapillato through Sands of Time Antiquities, Washington DC, summer 2001. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art