Painted Wooden Coffin of Nesiamun ca. 730-664 B.C. Third Intermediate Period Discovered by the Metropolitan Museum during its 1922-23 excavations in Thebes, this coffin holds the remains of a man named Nesiamun. A CAT (computer-assisted tomography) scan revealed that Nesiamun sustained several serious injuries before death, including a broken left shoulder and fractures of his pelvis and skull. This trauma may have been the result of an accident involving a horse and chariot, and perhaps even occured in battle. However, it is also possible that Nesiamun was injured while working on a building project. The inscription down the center of the lid is an offering prayer asking for food, incense, and other afterlife necessities. It identifies Nesiamun as the son of Bakenamun and Tahathor, but gives no clue to his occupation.. Painted Wooden Coffin of Nesiamun. ca. 730-664 B.C.. Wood, paint, resin. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Complex of Mentuhote

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$Painted Wooden Coffin of Nesiamun ca. 730-664 B.C. Third Intermediate Period Discovered by the Metropolitan Museum during its 1922-23 excavations in Thebes, this coffin holds the remains of a man named Nesiamun. A CAT (computer-assisted tomography) scan revealed that Nesiamun sustained several serious injuries before death, including a broken left shoulder and fractures of his pelvis and skull. This trauma may have been the result of an accident involving a horse and chariot, and perhaps even occured in battle. However, it is also possible that Nesiamun was injured while working on a building project. The inscription down the center of the lid is an offering prayer asking for food, incense, and other afterlife necessities. It identifies Nesiamun as the son of Bakenamun and Tahathor, but gives no clue to his occupation.. Painted Wooden Coffin of Nesiamun. ca. 730-664 B.C.. Wood, paint, resin. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Complex of Mentuhote$

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