Egypt, Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III / Coffin of Senbi / 1918-1859 BC

Egypt, Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III
Coffin of Senbi
1918-1859 BC
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: Egyptian
Creator Name-CRT: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III
Title: Coffin of Senbi
Title Type: Primary
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: -191
Creation End Date: -185
Creation Date: 1918-1859 BC
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Funerary Equipment
Materials and Techniques: gessoed and painted cedar
Dimensions: Overall: 70cm x 55cm
AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 1914.716.a
ID Number: 1914.716.b
Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html
Provenance: Meir, excavations of Ahmed Bey Kamal, 1910. Purchased in Asyut by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent, 1913
Style or Period: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III
Context: This is the most common type of coffin during the Middle Kingdom. The mummy was placed on his left side, facing east, his head behind the two magical eyes. These--in the shape of human eyes, to which have been added the markings of a falcon's head--were supposed to enable him to behold the rising sun, reborn daily. The long horizontal inscriptions are prayers to Anubis (god of embalming) and Osiris (god of the dead) for offerings of food and drink and other items necessary in the afterlife. The short vertical inscriptions place him under the protection of various other cosmic and funerary deities.
AMICA ID: CMA_.1914.716.a-b
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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