Coffin of Ankhariit card

Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum

Coffin of Ankhariit

1985 BC – 1773 BC about
13.12.05.26

Currently not on display

World Museum

Information

Painted and inscribed wooden rectangular-shaped coffin bearing the name Ankhariit (“Aryt lives”) who was described as a 'lady of the house'. From Tomb 39 at Beni Hasan. Mid- to late 12th Dyn. Unfortunately the coffin was left on display in the Second World War and was destroyed by fire in May 1941. An archive photograph taken in 1932 shows the coffin on display in the centre of the Main Hall in Case 43, positioned above the sarcophagus of Insw (25.11.05.183). DESTROYED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. Dimensions not recorded.

Specifications

Accession number
13.12.05.26
Collection type
Religion
Culture
Middle Kingdom
Place made
Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Beni Hasan
Date made
1985 BC – 1773 BC about
Collector
Beni Hasan Excavation Committee
Place collected
Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt: Beni Hasan
Date collected
1904 before
Materials
Wood
Note
LOST IN WORLD WAR TWO.
Credit line
Presented by the General Committee of the Institute of Archaeology, Liverpool
Legal status
Lost
Provenance
Liverpool University Institute of Archaeology, Donor, Division of Finds, Owned f…
Location
Item not currently on display
Publications
Handbook and Guide to the Egyptian Collection on Exhibition in the Public Museum…