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Horankh's Coffin
Coffin of Horankh
Egyptian: Late Period (656-332 B.C.)
Wood, gesso, paint, obsidian, calcite, and bronze
The coffin is in the form of a human body wrapped in linen shroud. The head has a green face because the dead person was identified with Osiris, Lod of the Underworld, whose face is green t symbolize spring growth, life, and immortality. The brilliant eyes of obsidian and calcite add to this lifelike impression. A partially damages insciption on the base of the statue has an invocation to Osiris, along with the name of the dead man, which is Horankh.
Duing the 15th Dynasty, 712-657 B.C., when Nubian kings ruled Egypt, Egyptian artists looked back to the classic models of their earlier art. A coffin like this one was modeled on the servere purity of the Middle Kingdom coffins. --incomplete information--
Horankh's Coffin
Coffin of Horankh
Egyptian: Late Period (656-332 B.C.)
Wood, gesso, paint, obsidian, calcite, and bronze
The coffin is in the form of a human body wrapped in linen shroud. The head has a green face because the dead person was identified with Osiris, Lod of the Underworld, whose face is green t symbolize spring growth, life, and immortality. The brilliant eyes of obsidian and calcite add to this lifelike impression. A partially damages insciption on the base of the statue has an invocation to Osiris, along with the name of the dead man, which is Horankh.
Duing the 15th Dynasty, 712-657 B.C., when Nubian kings ruled Egypt, Egyptian artists looked back to the classic models of their earlier art. A coffin like this one was modeled on the servere purity of the Middle Kingdom coffins. --incomplete information--