Anthropoid intermediate or false lid of Tabakenkhonsu

From the Museo Egizio record

The coffin set of the singer of Amon Tabakenkhonsu includes an outer coffin – only the box is preserved – an inner coffin, and a false lid. The deceased is depicted with her arms and hands rendered in high relief on top of the wesekh collar, a stylistic trait allowing the coffin to be dated to the second half of the 21th Dynasty. The open hands, the barely rendered breasts, the earrings, and the blue-painted hair are all iconographical point, the inner coffin is certainly the most interesting element of the set. The outer decoration is of great quality. It is laid out in frames woth mythological scenes largely derived from, or merely inspired be, Book of the Dead spells. On the bottom of the inside of the box, which contains the mummy of the deceased, is a reassuring image of the sky goddess Nut, placed there almost as if to ideally embrace the deceased. On the head side is an image of the rising sun, to which the deceased is connected in her journey of rebirth. Careful examination of the inscriptions, the different color used to write hoe name, and some gaps suggest that these coffins were not custom made for Tabakenkhonsu; rather, they were premade and subsequently adapted for the owner, a common practice at the time. Dimensions: 12 cm x 45 cm x 162.5 cm. Museum location: Museum / Floor 1 / Room 08 / Showcase 02. Image views available: 5.