Sarcophagus, 21st Dyn. Cover of chest E.05884

3D Model

Inner chest of anonymous lady Painted on stucco (plaster) Third Intermediate Period, 21st dynasty (c. 1069-945 BCE) Second cachet of Deir el-Bahari (Bab el-Gasoes)

On the coffin, the sun rises from a lotus flower, as it did at the beginning of time. To rise again each day, the sun god Re had to unite with the death god Osiris at night, symbolising the cyclical regeneration of nature. On the coffin, this ‘reunited ba’ is illustrated by the sun god Re-Horachte with a ram’s head. Indeed, in Ancient Egyptian, the ram could be rendered as ‘ba’

Find this object in the museum’s online catalog Carmentis