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Source Description
This unusual container, in the form of a miniature shrine or shrine-shaped sarcophagus, was made for an important official, the treasurer and steward Neter-isy, and his wife Nub-em-seshy. Since the lid is inscribed with an offering text and Neter-isy is called "the justified," meaning deceased (on the right side of the box), the container was probably a funerary object included in the couple's tomb.
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Document identity
localId
4840
label
Box with Lid
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
4840
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box with Lid
description
This unusual container, in the form of a miniature shrine or shrine-shaped sarcophagus, was made for an important official, the treasurer and steward Neter-isy, and his wife Nub-em-seshy. Since the lid is inscribed with an offering text and Neter-isy is called "the justified," meaning deceased (on the right side of the box), the container was probably a funerary object included in the couple's tomb.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Aswan]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1956-1872 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
boxes (containers)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.6
height
18
depth
10.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 9/16 x W: 7 1/16 x D: 4 1/8 in. (11.6 x 18 x 10.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
12th Dynasty
med
red granite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
6fc5e474b3e53398
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
f28502a088ed75c7
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no