Linen Chest Reused as a Child's Coffin
Object type: Coffin, child's (linen chest)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III–Amenhotep II
Date: ca. 1479–1400 B.C.
Medium: Wood, whitewash
Dimensions: L. 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in); W. 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in);  H. 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in); Lid: Th. 1.7 cm (11/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Dra Abu el-Naga
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter, 1906–1911
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession year: 1912
Tags: Coffins