Canopic Coffinette

Canopic Coffinette
Canopic Coffinette
Canopic Coffinette
Canopic Coffinette
Canopic Coffinette
Canopic Coffinette

GEM Number

11

Collection

Tutankhamun Galleries

Period

New Kingdom

Dynasty

18

Description

Tutankhamun’s mummified viscera (liver, lungs, intestines and stomach) were held inside four miniature coffins similar in design to his second anthropoid coffin. Made of beaten solid gold, the coffinettes are exquisitely decorated in a feathered pattern inlaid with red carnelian and coloured glass. Each shows a king wearing a royal nemes headcloth protected by a vulture and a uraeus snake and clutching a crook and a flail. Scenes and inscriptions inside this coffinette show that it is associated with the goddess Nephthys.

 

Region
Upper Egypt
Area
Luxor
Gold - Carnelian - Glass

Height

12 cm

Length

39 cm