Cercueil de Bakenmut (couvercle), ch. 1000-900 BC. Le cercueil de Bakenmut est l'un des plus beaux exemples de cercueils en bois peint faite pour les prêtres d'Amen et leurs familles à Thèbes durant 21 Dynastie DYNASTIE et au début 22. Les pharaons de cette époque n'étaient plus enterré dans la Vallée des Rois, mais au lieu des tombeaux construits dans le Delta, très au nord, où ils résidaient. La sécurité a été laxiste dans la nécropole thébaine. Les cercueils et produits funéraires des riches citoyens de Thèbes ont été placés dans des tombes familiales non décoré et couper dans les falaises sur la rive ouest du Nil. Tous les soins et d

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Coffin of Bakenmut (lid), c. 1000-900 BC. The coffin of Bakenmut is one of the finest examples of painted wooden coffins made for the priests of Amen and their families at Thebes during Dynasty 21 and early Dynasty 22. The pharaohs of this time were no longer buried in the Valley of the Kings, but instead built tombs in the Delta, far to the north, where they resided. Security was lax in the Theban necropolis. The coffins and funerary goods of the wealthy citizens of Thebes were placed in unmarked and undecorated family tombs cut into the cliffs on the west bank of the Nile. All the care and detail that in more prosperous times were devoted to the decoration of the tomb chapel were now lavished on the elaborately painted coffins. Every available surface is crowded with religious scenes, images of funerary gods and goddesses, protective spells, and magical symbols. The deceased appears mummiform. An elaborate floral collar entirely covers the upper body, exposing only the separately attached hands (now lost). A pair of red "mummy braces" are crossed over the chest, their point of intersection marked by a winged sun disk. The lower body is covered with tiny figures modeled in gesso against a yellow background, which gives the effect of gold inlaid with glass or semiprecious stone. The decoration on the interior features two deified dead kings of Dynasty 18. Although these rulers had lived centuries before, memory of their greatness was still very much alive. The main scene near the top depicts Tuthmosis III, the great military pharaoh, who lived 500 years before Bakenmut. Posed as a mummy, the ruler wears a brilliant feathered garment enfolding him with falcon’s wings. The scene below features back-to-back seated images of Amenhotep I, regarded as the patron of the Theban cemetery and worshiped as a local god there.

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