Miniature coffin
Detail from the Model coffin of the type CG51002, made of wood, decorated in gilt plaster on a background of pitch. The eyes are inlaid, the outer line is of copper, but the schminkstrich(? paint?) of blue glass. The inner part of the eye of black glass and white marble as in the large coffins. Below the guilt vulture on the breast is a vertical band of inscription, the name of the deceased can be found, Yuya.
The coffin is black inside and it was found empty, but once contained an object wrapped in papyrus, for slips of this material still adhere to the pitch.
18th dynasty, from KV46 - Valley of the Kings.
CG 51054
Upper floor, gallery 43
Cairo Museum
Miniature coffin
Detail from the Model coffin of the type CG51002, made of wood, decorated in gilt plaster on a background of pitch. The eyes are inlaid, the outer line is of copper, but the schminkstrich(? paint?) of blue glass. The inner part of the eye of black glass and white marble as in the large coffins. Below the guilt vulture on the breast is a vertical band of inscription, the name of the deceased can be found, Yuya.
The coffin is black inside and it was found empty, but once contained an object wrapped in papyrus, for slips of this material still adhere to the pitch.
18th dynasty, from KV46 - Valley of the Kings.
CG 51054
Upper floor, gallery 43
Cairo Museum