CultureEgyptian
Titles
- Painted Wooden Coffin of the Sacred Ibis of Thoth
Date332–30 BC
MediumWood with polychrome decoration
Dimensions7 5/16 × 17 × 7 5/16 in. (18.5 × 43.2 × 18.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Isabel Brown Wilson and The Brown Foundation, Inc.
Object number2008.808
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
Exposé
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
There is a Demotic inscription in the field between the head and chest of the ibis and the ostrich feather of truth, two lines which may be translated into English as: "The Ibis god"
"Written by Thoth-iu (son of) Teos.”
The second long side: "May Horus and Isis protect Osiris."
"Written by Thoth-iu (son of) Teos.”
The second long side: "May Horus and Isis protect Osiris."
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Rackstraw Downes
1991
Oil on canvas
92.469
332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
400–301 BC
Limestone with pigment
52.53
600–900 AD
Earthenware with slip
2014.83
