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Base board and vaulted cover of the coffin of Tphous, daughter of Heraclius Soter and Serapous, the base board is rectangular and there are four corner posts: the gable ends are decorated with painted scarabs and winged solar discs with rearing uraei; with registers of hieroglyphs and one panel of Greek inscription, the latter records that Tphous died aged 6 years, 8 months and 2 days in the reign of Hadrian, and was interred in the family tomb some 10 months later; on each side of the coffin the dead girl, accompanied by Anubis, is shown in the presence of Osiris with, on one side, the Apis bull and Ra-Horakhty and, on the other, two of the Sons of Horus, behind; below a solar barque is towed by three jackals, joined by a snake; the rest of the surface is decorated with funerary deities, inscriptions and other decorative motifs. sycomore fig wood. 2ndC(early). EA6708.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART537017

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3072px × 1527px

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