Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · funerary_equipment

Large Anthropoid Coffin Containing Mummified Human Remains

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Description

Caption: Large Anthropoid Coffin Containing Mummified Human Remains, 889–784 B.C.E., or 913–670 B.C.E.. Wood, human remains, linen. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1925Ea-c. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Photograph of a large anthropoid Egyptian coffin standing upright, with painted/detailed features on the coffin lid and an elongated rectangular interior section visible within the frame.

The image shows a single anthropoid coffin displayed vertically in a museum setting. The coffin lid forms a human-like face and upper torso, with carved/painted outlines for facial features and a central seam or panel running down the front. Dark side panels and the overall blocky, box-like lower section are visible, along with a rectangular base platform at the bottom. No clear cartouches, readable hieroglyphs, or legible text are visible at this resolution. There is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic script. The object is clearly wooden in appearance, consistent with a coffin; however, the mummified human remains and linen wrappings are not visible in this photograph.

funerary Late Period (per catalogue) good
Materials Wood

Connections

Found at Giza
Materials Wood

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1925Ea-c tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118430 tier-2
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