above and below, outer coffin of chantress Nesytaudjatachet,
Bab el-Gasus, Odessa InvNr. OAM52976
Bab el-Gasus, Odessa InvNr. OAM52976
Odessa (Ukraine) Archaeological Museum,
inner coffin of the chantress Nesymwt, Bab el-Gasus 1891,
presented to Russia by the Khedive Abbas Helmi II 1893,
InvNo. OAM-71695
inner coffin of the chantress Nesymwt, Bab el-Gasus 1891,
presented to Russia by the Khedive Abbas Helmi II 1893,
InvNo. OAM-71695
| Graphic representations of women's heads on anthropoid coffins of the 21a Theban Dynasty |
1070-945 BCE
Through this and similar comparative studies we are trying to determine which coffins of
the period were made in the same workshop, or whose decoration was mapped out by the
same outline draughtsman. This section will be augmented and similar comparative studies
of other parameters will be published here as time allows. The important comparative
points are the mouth and the line of the breast when shown.
If you have access to coffins of the period, please check them out for the characteristics of
women's faces. If you find anything related to a face shown here, or on the following
pages, please let us know at admin@cesras.org and if possible give us a web address where
an image can be found so that we can make a link. The principle goal of the CESRAS
network is both to make graphic and pertaining material accessible to all of those
interested, and to encourage interactivity between scholars and institutions owning or
dealing with such....
erl/cesras/0220.08
CESRAS photos by Sergej V. Ivanov (SVI) Alexej A. Krol (AAK) and Edward R. Loring (ERL)
the period were made in the same workshop, or whose decoration was mapped out by the
same outline draughtsman. This section will be augmented and similar comparative studies
of other parameters will be published here as time allows. The important comparative
points are the mouth and the line of the breast when shown.
If you have access to coffins of the period, please check them out for the characteristics of
women's faces. If you find anything related to a face shown here, or on the following
pages, please let us know at admin@cesras.org and if possible give us a web address where
an image can be found so that we can make a link. The principle goal of the CESRAS
network is both to make graphic and pertaining material accessible to all of those
interested, and to encourage interactivity between scholars and institutions owning or
dealing with such....
erl/cesras/0220.08
CESRAS photos by Sergej V. Ivanov (SVI) Alexej A. Krol (AAK) and Edward R. Loring (ERL)
Intellectual property of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Egyptological Studies, Moscow.
Reproduction for non-commercial purposes is allowed. If used in a publication, please give a credit to CESRAS
Reproduction for non-commercial purposes is allowed. If used in a publication, please give a credit to CESRAS