Coffin of Rehu-er-djer-sen

ca. 2000-1950 BCE (Middle Kingdom)

215 cm 50.5 cm 51.4 cm

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This coffin, made for a man named Rehu-er-djer-sen, is an early form of burial container. The exterior was left largely unpainted, perhaps because it was made from expensive, imported cedar wood. The interior is painted with brightly colored objects and offerings considered es...

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Lady Meux, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William Randolf Hearst, California [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1940, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N4666]; Brummer Estate Sale, New York, 1949, pt. II, no. 70; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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