Outer Coffin of Pasebakhaienipet
Description
Object Label: In the Twenty-first Dynasty, the Egyptian elites stopped building elaborate tombs. Instead, they transferred the scenes normally painted on tomb walls to the coffin. Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet’s outer coffin shows multiple scenes of the gods and the deceased worshipping them. Not only does the coffin present the deceased as Osiris, but it also illustrates the many gods he will confront in the afterlife. The damage to the painted surface on the left side of the coffin has been left unrepaired to reveal how the carpenters pinned smaller pieces of wood together with wooden pegs to make a coffin. Artists then plastered and painted the surface to make it appear smooth. Caption: Outer Coffin of Pasebakhaienipet, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Wood (cedar and acacia), gesso, pigment, 37 x 30 1/4 x 83 3/8 in., 287 lb. (94 x 76.8 x 211.8 cm, 130.2kg) Lid: 117.5 lb. (53.3kg) Base: 169.5 lb. (76.9kg) mount (Support and display board, NMK loan): 39 × 93 × 38 in. (99.1 × 236.2 × 96.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.1a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A richly decorated ancient Egyptian sarcophagus lid with detailed inscriptions and symbols.
The sarcophagus lid is elaborately painted with detailed inscriptions and colorful depictions of traditional Egyptian motifs. The surface decoration includes intricate patterns and religious symbols, featuring wings, deities, and possibly the depiction of an important figure. The artistic style suggests attention to funerary customs with symbolic representations of protection and guidance in the afterlife.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.1a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 3230 tier-2
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