Outer Coffin of the Chantress of Amun-Re Henettawy
Description
Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21, ca. 1000–945 B.C. Wood, gesso, paint, varnish. L. 203 cm (79 15/16 in.). From: Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), Deir el-Bahri, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24. Subject: Hieroglyphs, Anubis, Horus, Isis, Coffins, D21-Coffins. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925.
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.
Painted, decorated outer coffin shaped as a standing anthropoid figure, shown front-facing against a plain background.
The image depicts an anthropoid coffin panel/outer coffin with a fully front view. The head is human with a black wig/side tripartite wig texture and a gold, banded nemes-like headdress featuring a central stripe and uraeus-like element at the brow; the face is painted with detailed features (arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and a small mouth). A broad painted collar and striped bands cover the upper chest. The figure’s hands are depicted crossed over the body holding a small emblem-like object at the wrists. The lid/upper section includes decorative framing and an alternating pattern of colored bands. The lower register is densely filled with painted funerary scenes and hieroglyphic labels in multiple rectangular compartments; small standing figures and offerings are visible within some compartments. Specific individual hieroglyphs are too small/blurred to transcribe reliably at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is legible. No modern museum labels or watermarks appear on the artifact surface.
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
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