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Container owner
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Container properties
| number | Suppl. 14396 |
| material | wood (tamarisk) |
| present location | Museo Egizio Torino |
| state of preservation | almost complete |
| period | OK |
| dynasty | 6 |
| type | rectangular |
| updated typology | rectangular (long) |
| shape | rectangular (box) |
| lid | flat? |
| length | 172 cm |
| width | 46 cm |
| height | 53 cm |
| inscription | no |
| decoration | no |
| inner decoration | no |
| description | rectangular (trapezoid, S wall is shorter than N wall) wooden coffin, not plastered |
| notes |
Container findspot
| locality | Assiut |
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| dating | OK, 6 |
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| burial apartment | |
| body inside | yes |
| archaeological context | primary |
| remarks on archaeological context | finds: tunics and cloths, a headrest, a fragmentary box, a vase, and a mirror (S. 14396/a, S. 14396/b, S. 14396/c, S. 14396/d, S. 14397). |
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D’Amicone, Elvira-Pozzi Battaglia (a cura di), Massimiliana -Pozzi, Massimiliana, Egitto mai visto: le dimore eterne di Assiut e Gebelein: Reggio Calabria, 21 febbraio – 20 giugno 2010, 2011, pp. 180-181; pp. 188-190; p. 185, cat. 6.2
D’Amicone, Elvira (ed.), Moda y belleza en el antiguo Egipto: exposición presentada en el Museu Egipci de Barcelona, del 20 de octubre de 2011 al 20 de julio de 2012, 2011, p. 64
D’Amicone, Elvira-Pozzi Battaglia (a cura di), Massimiliana -Pozzi, Massimiliana, “Il fascino dell’Egitto” : il ruolo dell’Italia pre e post-unitaria nella riscoperta dell’antico Egitto, 2011,p. 106
Del Vesco, P., Beppe Moiso (eds) 2017. Missione Egitto 1903-1920: l’avventura archeologica M.A.I. raccontata. Torino; Modena: Museo Egizio
Zitman, M., The necropolis of Assiut: a case study of local Egyptian funerary culture from the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom, 2010, p.89, 115.
Eschenbrenner Diemer, Gersande
in preparation “The wooden coffins dating from the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period preserved at the Museo Egizio in Turin: a comprehensive study”.