Teti

Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place, Teti
All Egyptians after the New Kingdom desired a coffin representing them as Osiris. Although the coffin stands for the box that Seth used to trap Osiris, in the tomb the coffin protects the person who will become Osiris.
This coffin was made for Teti, a “Servant of the Great Place.” This title was used by artisans who painted tombs in the Valley of the Kings and lived in Deir el-Medina. As a middle-class artisan, Teti ...paid nearly a year’s salary for a coffin of this quality. He was able to use five different paint colors to decorate his wooden coffin, including blue, yellow, red, black, and white. He paid separately for each paint color. The yellow background paint with red streaks is used to imitate the gilded coffins of the wealthy.

Medium: Wood, painted
Place Made: Thebes, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1339-1307 B.C.E.
Dynasty: mid XVIII Dynasty-late XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom
Dimensions: Box with lid in place: 33 7/16 x 26 3/16 x 83 1/2 in., 248 lb. (85 x 66.5 x 212.1 cm, 112.5kg) 37.14Ea Lid: 19 7/8 x 26 3/16 x 83 1/2 in., 120 lb. (50.5 x 66.5 x 212.1 cm, 54.4kg) 37.14Eb Box: 13 9/16 x 26 3/16 x 83 1/2 in., 128 lb. (34.5 x 66.5 x 212.1 cm, 58.1kg) (show scale)
Collections:Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
Exhibitions: To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (February 12, 2010 through May 2, 2010)
Accession Number: 37.14Ea-b
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
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