Coffin of Bakenmut (lid)
c. 1000–900 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Coffin of Bakenmut (lid), c. 1000–900 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 (1069-945 BC) - early Dynasty 22 (945-924 BC). Gessoed and painted sycamore fig; overall: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.561.b Originally another smaller coffin was placed inside this outer coffin and in that the deceased with a mummy board would have rested.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Funerary Equipment
- Formatted Medium
- gessoed and painted sycamore fig
- Dimensions
- Overall: 68 cm (26 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1914.561.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition, Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt, CMA 1916, no. 91, p. 214; CMA 1991, p. 4, illus.; CMA 1996 (not in cat.), The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/13/16-6/12/16) "Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt" Cat pg.87 fig.50
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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