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Description: | Coffin fragment from anthropoid coffin. This shows Nephthys kneeling in mourning. 27cm high. This is part of the head of the coffin. On coffins and representations of the deceased, Nephthys is situated at the head and Isis at the foot. Isis and her sister, Nephthys often appear together in text and iconography e.g. in Spell 149k of the 'Book of the Dead' '(May myrrh be brought to me,) may incense be offered to me, (may offerings by prepared for me), with Isis before me and Nephthys behind me....'. Translation from Allen 1974. In this spell the placement of Isis and Nephthys is the same as it would be on the coffin. Nephthys is said to protect the deceased in spell 151 b of the 'Book of the Dead', she is described as the east wind in 161T1. She is listed as one of the nine gods of the Ennead. Coffins like this, with yellow on black date to the New Kingdom. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 1550 B.C.-1069 B.C.
New Kingdom | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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