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Unknown Maker, Egyptian

Coffin and mummy of Nesmin, Ptolemaic

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Egyptian

Title

Coffin and mummy of Nesmin

Year

Ptolemaic

Medium

gesso, glass, gilding, linen, cartonnage, wood

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Coffin: wood,
  • gesso,
  • gilding,
  • paint,
  • and colored glass

Techniques

  • Coffin: wood,
  • gesso,
  • gilding,
  • paint,
  • and colored glass

Dimensions

Length: 179.1 cm (70 1/2 inches)

Place

Archaeological Site: Found at Thebes

Type

  • Artifacts

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund and Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

38.206

Coffin and mummy of Nesmin

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A vividly decorated coffin with hieroglyphs, symbolic imagery and a gilded face framed by a painted black wig.

Unknown Maker, Egyptian

Coffin of Nesmin, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE
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