A PAINTED WOODEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD COFFIN OF IR.T-WY –RW FROM SHARUNA IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (GEM NO 32598)
Ewais, M. (2023). A PAINTED WOODEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD COFFIN OF IR.T-WY –RW FROM SHARUNA IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (GEM NO 32598). EKB Journal Management System, 10(10), 1-22. doi: 10.21608/shedet.2022.262493
Marwa Ahmed Ewais. "A PAINTED WOODEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD COFFIN OF IR.T-WY –RW FROM SHARUNA IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (GEM NO 32598)". EKB Journal Management System, 10, 10, 2023, 1-22. doi: 10.21608/shedet.2022.262493
Ewais, M. (2023). 'A PAINTED WOODEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD COFFIN OF IR.T-WY –RW FROM SHARUNA IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (GEM NO 32598)', EKB Journal Management System, 10(10), pp. 1-22. doi: 10.21608/shedet.2022.262493
Ewais, M. A PAINTED WOODEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD COFFIN OF IR.T-WY –RW FROM SHARUNA IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (GEM NO 32598). EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 10(10): 1-22. doi: 10.21608/shedet.2022.262493

A PAINTED WOODEN PTOLEMAIC PERIOD COFFIN OF IR.T-WY –RW FROM SHARUNA IN THE GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (GEM NO 32598)

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DOI: 10.21608/shedet.2022.262493
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Marwa Ahmed Ewaisorcid
Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
Abstract
This article is focused on the painted wooden anthropoid coffin excavated at Kom el-Ahmar/Sharuna in 1976 and preserved in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo (GEM no 32598). According to its inscriptions, it contains the mummy of ir.t-wy-rw. The coffin presumably was made in the Ptolemaic period. The present study focuses on the decoration of this object (inscriptions and iconography) with a view to identifying the style of Sharuna coffins, and, the peculiarities analysis of the signs that combine hieroglyphic, cursive and hieratic writings.
Keywords
Kom el-Ahmar/Sharuna; Ptolemaic period; Wooden Coffin; Grand Egyptian Museum; ir.t-wy-rw
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