Inner Coffin & Lid Of Amen-Hotep.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1893
name: label: Donor Name
content: Government Of Egypt
label: Site Name
content: Deir El-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari,Thebes)
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Egyptian list identifies as "Big coffin of the priest 'Amenhotep', scribe." Dr. L. Bull, Met. Mus., N.Y., says "No name visible ... Apparently an inner stock coffin for a man ..." Amen-hotep was "divine father of Amun-Re king of gods, and scribe of the recruits of the army." XXI Dynasty. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: "Coffin and lid, wooden, painted in several colors with hieroglyphs and mythological scenes, topped with painted 3-dimensional head, coffin of a scribe, Egyptian, Thebes, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1000 BC." Note re photos: Negative # 78-8757 is frontal, lt, overview. 78-8758 is profile, lt, overview. 78-8759 is frontal, lt, detail of top portion of coffin and lid showing painted interior. 78-8760 is 3/4, lt, detail of top portion of coffin and lid showing coffin closed.
label: Notes
content: Detailed photos are available on S drive: DVD 1680 inner chest; DVD 1681 inner lid; DVD 1686 zip files of both folders.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Qena, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Egyptian, III Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 027543
label: USNM Number
content: A154959-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coffin