Coffin of Teti
Unknown Artist
This coffin was discovered in one of the tombs in an area of western Thebes called Birabi, or lower Asasif. This area was used for burials until early Dynasty 18, when the site was covered in preparation for the construction of a valley temple at the end of the causeway leading to the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri. The coffin is inscribed for the house mistress Teti. Inside the coffiin were the mummies of two adults and a child. It also contained a beautiful faience bowl (26.7.905) and a scarab (26.7.432). The coffin, the bowl and the scarab are all on display in gallery 114.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1912
c. 1550-1458 B.C.
Wood (ficus sycomorus), paint, mortar, plaster, stucco
72.4 in
12.181.302a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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