Dismantled Coffin of Khety
Object type: Coffin, Khety
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to late Dynasty 12
Reign: Amenemhat II and later
Date: ca. 1919–1800 B.C.
Medium: Coniferous wood, paint
Dimensions: Overall: 222 × 58 × 58 cm (87 3/8 × 22 13/16 × 22 13/16 in.): a: 222 × 58.4 cm (87 3/8 × 23 in.); b: 222 × 58.4 cm (87 3/8 × 23 in.); c: 222 × 59.7 cm (87 3/8 × 23 1/2 in.); d+e: 222 × 51 cm (87 3/8 × 20 1/16 in.); f: 43.2 cm (17 in.); g: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); h: 57.5 × 40.5 cm (22 5/8 × 15 15/16 in.); i: 56 × 18 cm (22 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht South
Locale: South Khor,Tomb  A
Locus: Shaft 5301 (burial of Khety)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1931–32
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Accession year: 1932