Fragment from one of the short sides of a Middle Kingdom rectangular shaped coffin. Painted with trace of inscription in vertical column with white and blue border. From the tomb of Nefera and Aryt-hetep (no. 81).  Marked by the excavator "81 (3) S". On the back it is also marked in pencil 98.  From Beni Hasan, cemetery below the Middle Kingdom rock-cut tombs: excavated by John Garstang of the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology, 1902-1904.

Gift of the Beni Hasan Excavation Committee 1904 (Nowich Castle Museum inv. 29.04).

John Garstang, 'Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt' (London, 1907) p. 215 "No. 81...fragments of coffin inscribed with texts".

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Fragment from one of the short sides of a Middle Kingdom rectangular shaped coffin. Painted with trace of inscription in vertical column with white and blue border. From the tomb of Nefera and Aryt-hetep (no. 81). Marked by the excavator "81 (3) S". On the back it is also marked in pencil 98. From Beni Hasan, cemetery below the Middle Kingdom rock-cut tombs: excavated by John Garstang of the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology, 1902-1904. Gift of the Beni Hasan Excavation Committee 1904 (Nowich Castle Museum inv. 29.04). John Garstang, 'Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt' (London, 1907) p. 215 "No. 81...fragments of coffin inscribed with texts".

Coffin Fragment

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