Model Coffin & Shabti
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1885
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. George W. Samson
label: Site Name
content: Thebes
notes: label: Notes
content: Wooden model mummy coffin with shabti inside; almost certainly authentic. Probably late 18th - early 19th Dynasty, based on carving of the coffin. Shabti is covered with bitumen; lots of funerary objects are bitumen-treated. The black color was symbolic of resurrection to the Egyptians, and bitumen also had preservative powers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jun 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, New Kingdom Period
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 015645
label: USNM Number
content: A74587-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine