Second Outside Coffin of Tutankhamen (Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt) JE 60670) : Profile view of the head

Creator:

Tutankhamen, reigned ca. 1332-ca. 1323 BCE

Published/Created:

Cairo, Urban, Egypt
ca. 1332-1322 BCE

Physical Description:

2.4 m (length)

Date Depicted:

8/17/2003
8000 BC - 499 AD

Materials:

gessoed wood covered with gold
inset with glass
lapis and gemstones

Notes:

Carter no. 254, the second anthropoid coffin. (The innermost coffin holding the mummy is solid gold, Cairo, Egyp. Mus., JE 60671).

Variant Titles:

Tutankhamun's second anthropoid coffin

Period/Style:

18th Dynasty
New Kingdom

Culture:

Egyptian (ancient)

Accession Number:

7A3-EG-C-CM-2-D2

Genre:

decorative arts

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

death or burial; decorative arts; rulers and leaders; Egypt--Religion; Tutankhamen, King of Egypt carving ; construction furnishings; containers; funerary containers; coffins

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module One

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/17/2003

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10115841

PID:

digcoll:1859321