12019-05-08T16:26:26-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12332304Despite lacking provenance, these fragments provide significant interpretive possibility. They show the layout and ritual scenes typical of yellow-varnished coffins. White linen robes and a leopard’s-fur wrap identify the disembodied figures as priests. Hieroglyphs run along flat, abstract surfaces. They suggest the formulaic “[Osiris] ruler-of-eternity” and reference the heart, seat of intelligence, memory, and action. Painted plaster has given way to fractured wood. Originally unseen, the fragments now invite us to study construction, materiality, and socioeconomic context.plain2019-06-05T10:07:17-07:001298-743 BCEPhysical objectObject ID T2017.7.5Archaeology; AfricaWood; paint; plaster; varnishStanford UniversityFound in collections in 2017Nineteenth through Twenty-second Dynasty; EgyptPharaonic Egyptian, New Kingdom or Third IntermediateEmilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12