Cleveland Museum of Art

Side Panel from the Coffin of Amenemope

Date: c. 976–889 BCE
Medium: gessoed and painted sycamore fig
Culture: Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22
Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 102385

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Look closely at both sides of this panel. It is a part of a coffin made for a priest named Amenemope (say: ah-men-em-oh-pee). The inside of the coffin shows a priest in the world of the living, preparing Amenemope and his wife, Taditkhonsu (say: tah-deet-khon-soo), for their journeys through the underworld. The priest uses tools to open the mummies’ mouths so that they can eat and speak in the afterlife. The outside of the coffin shows scenes of Amenemope in the underworld, using the senses restored to him by the ritual. What do you think these images tell us about how Egyptian people envisioned life after death?

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Credit line: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
Provenance: Presumably Thebes. Formerly in the collection of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk; Amherst Sale, lot 405, p. 41, pl. XII. Purchased through Howard Carter

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Ancient Egyptian Personal Objects
These objects are cosmetic implements and grooming tools from ancient Egypt, including mirrors, palettes for grinding pigments, and decorative knives, representing daily life and personal adornment practices.
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