Sennedjem's Outer Coffin
Sennedjem's Outer Coffin
The gods of the Underworld, magic spells from Egyptian funerary texts, and vignettes - spells and illustrations with magical power-decorate Sennedjem's vividly coloured outer coffin. This exceptional artist worked on the tombs of Ramses and his father, Seti. If he did not paint his own coffin himself, he employed his most talented colleagues to do so.
Placed on runners, the wooden
coffin was pulled across the sand to the artist's tomb. Vignettes show Sennedjem's mummy, the deceased kneeling in adoration, playing senet with his wife, and the couple as ba-birds.
Outer Coffin of Sennedjem, with Lid,
on a Wooden Sledge
Wood, Pigment, Plaster New Kingdom, Dynasty 19 Egyptian Museum JE 27301.1, JE 27301.2
Sennedjem's Outer Coffin
Sennedjem's Outer Coffin
The gods of the Underworld, magic spells from Egyptian funerary texts, and vignettes - spells and illustrations with magical power-decorate Sennedjem's vividly coloured outer coffin. This exceptional artist worked on the tombs of Ramses and his father, Seti. If he did not paint his own coffin himself, he employed his most talented colleagues to do so.
Placed on runners, the wooden
coffin was pulled across the sand to the artist's tomb. Vignettes show Sennedjem's mummy, the deceased kneeling in adoration, playing senet with his wife, and the couple as ba-birds.
Outer Coffin of Sennedjem, with Lid,
on a Wooden Sledge
Wood, Pigment, Plaster New Kingdom, Dynasty 19 Egyptian Museum JE 27301.1, JE 27301.2