Fig. 1 - Seventeenth Dynasty Rishi Coffin |
Figure 2 - Dynasty 17 / Dynasty 18 rishi coffin |
Figure 1 is a wood coffin covered with gesso and then painted. It is fairly typical of the period, with painted wings extending from the chest down to the feet on either side of a central inscription. The deceased is shown wearing a broad collar on the their chest and the nemes headdress is feathered at the top and decorated with stripes on the lappets. The arms of the deceased are not shown crossed on the chest.
Figure 3 - the coffin of Nebkheperre Intef, Dynasty 17 |
The third coffin is that of the Seventeenth Dynasty Pharaoh Nebkheperre Intef. The coffin is made of wood covered with a thin layer of gold. The nemes headdress is the standard one worn by the king since the Old Kingdom and includes a uraeus on its brow.
Nebkheperre’s burial was found at Dra abu
Naga in 1827 by local tomb robbers. Inside this coffin were two bows and six arrows, a diadem and a mummy from a later period that was almost certainly placed there
by the tomb robbers in an attempt to increase the value of their discovery.
In the next post I will take a look at the Eighteenth Dynasty burial of Queen Meryt-Amun which also contained some rishi coffins.
The coffin of Nebkheperre Intef shown in figure 3 doesn't look like the wooden Rishi coffin but like a coffin made out of stone. Do the museum have the wooden Rishi coffin too? Also, why are there 2 different coffins of the same person?
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