Detail of the bed-shaped bier of Tutankhamun
Wooden gilded bier under the outer coffin, resting on the bottom of the sarcophagus
Heavy wooden bed-shaped bier, gesso gilt, having within outer framework an imitation webbing. On the front two heads of lions, on the back tails of lions; the legs, in like manner, represent the fore and hind feet of a lion. The head is of concave form to fit and receive the convex bottom of the anthropoid outer coffin. The under part of the imitation mesh webbing is varnished with black resin.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Detail of the bed-shaped bier of Tutankhamun
Wooden gilded bier under the outer coffin, resting on the bottom of the sarcophagus
Heavy wooden bed-shaped bier, gesso gilt, having within outer framework an imitation webbing. On the front two heads of lions, on the back tails of lions; the legs, in like manner, represent the fore and hind feet of a lion. The head is of concave form to fit and receive the convex bottom of the anthropoid outer coffin. The under part of the imitation mesh webbing is varnished with black resin.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo