Egypt
New Kingdom , XVIII-XXI Dynasty, 1570-1070 BC
Wood with original gesso and polychromy
Height 66 cm ( 26 in )
Width 24 cm ( 9 1⁄2 in )
Former private collection England, by descent until June 2008; private collection Dr. M.-L. Berlin, Germany
O. Koefoed-Petersen: Catalogue des sarcophages et cerceuils égyptiennes, Copenhague 1951
A. Küffer: Die Bedeutung des Sarges, Suiss Coffin Project, Zürich 2012
K.M. Cooney: Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi, John Wiley & Sons, Oxford 2015
Upper part of a sarcophagus lid with the remaining left side of a tripartite wig. The yellow painted face has large and prominent eyes beneath black ar- ched eyebrows. The nose and lips are small and not underlined to give the eyes a stronger presence. The finely detailed wing of a falcon-headed vulture headdress covers the blue and yellow striped wig ending in a large finely de- tailed floral border.
Below the heart-pendant worn around the neck, a black Inpw (Anubis as a jackal – ‘he who is above the secrets’ ), rests upon a column of inscription: ‘ji n(y)-sw.t [htp]... – May the king give [a boon]...’ .