Fragment of the Coffin of Tantwenemherti

Discussion

FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

This coffin fragment belonged to a temple singer, named Tantwenemherti, of the god Amun. The visible side is the interior of the coffin and depicts an image of the god Anubis as a mummy with a human-headed ba bird. On the exterior side, not visible, are scenes of Tantwenemherti as a ba bird greeting the gods Anubis, a personification of the West, Osiris, and Hathor, as well as a hieroglyphic offering text and a border decorated with cobras, falcons, gods, and ba birds.

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