<em>Coffin of the Lady of the House, Weretwahset, Reinscribed for Bensuipet Containing Face Mask and Openwork Body Covering</em>, ca. 1292-1190 B.C.E. Wood, pigment (fragments a, b); Cartonnage, wood (fragment c); Cartonnage (fragment d)
, 37.47Ea-b Box with Lid in place: 25 3/8 x 19 11/16 x 76 3/16 in. (64.5 x 50 x 193.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.47Ea-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.47Ea-b_PS1.jpg)

Coffin of the Lady of the House, Weretwahset, Reinscribed for Bensuipet Containing Face Mask and Openwork Body Covering

Medium: Wood, pigment (fragments a, b); Cartonnage, wood (fragment c); Cartonnage (fragment d)

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1292-1190 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 37.47Ea-b Box with Lid in place: 25 3/8 x 19 11/16 x 76 3/16 in. (64.5 x 50 x 193.5 cm) 37.47Ea Coffin Box: 11 3/4 x 19 11/16 x 73 3/4 in., 70 lb. (29.8 x 50 x 187.3 cm, 31.8kg) 37.47Eb Coffin Lid: 14 3/16 x 19 11/16 x 76 3/16 in., 50 lb. (36 x 50 x 193.5 cm, 22.7kg) 37.47Ec Mask: 7 1/4 x 14 1/4 x 24 7/16 in. (18.4 x 36.2 x 62 cm) 37.47Ed Body

Collections:

Museum Location: Funerary Gallery 1, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 37.47Ea-d

Image: 37.47Ea-b_PS1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Lower half of a painted wooden coffin and the painted cartonnage (containing part of the mummified remains) of a woman. The piece was usurped. In the column of text on the lower front of the cartonnage is written the name with the first part of the name being left blank (or erased if an earlier name appeared here). On the coffin the name is written more completely: Bns'wipt var. (B(n)s'wipt. Also visible, in several place underneath this name is what may possible be read Wr.t-w'h-(s'w). The cartonnage has a double wig. The sides of the coffin are decorated with representations of funerary deities with accompanying texts. Proper left: 2 ibis headed gods (Thoth) flank two human-headed gods (Imsety) and a jackal-headed god (Duamutef) in the center. Proper right: 2 ibis headed gods (Thoth) flank from (head to foot), the baboon-headed god (Hapy), the jackal-headed god (Duamutef) and (likely) the hawk-headed god (Quebsenuef). Bottom: Knot of Isis, Nephthys Fragments of a bouquet of Persea leaves found in the coffin. The coffin box is identified as 37.47Ea. The coffin lid is identified as 37.47Eb. The mask is identified as 37.47Ec. The openwork body covering is identified as 37.47Ed.

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