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Coffin base of Tenkhaykhetes

The base is undecorated on the exterior, but on the bottom of the interior is painted a full-length figure of the goddess, Nut. She is depicted wearing a long dress, wig, collar, armlets and anklets with her breasts bared.

The base is undecorated on the exterior, but on the bottom of the interior is painted a full-length figure of the goddess, Nut. She is depicted wearing a long dress, wig, collar, armlets and anklets with her breasts bared.

Object Full length depiction of goddess Nut
Provenance Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt
Site Hatshepsut Temple
Period Dynasty XXV; 700 B.C.
Material Wood, plaster and paint
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1895.38:01
Copyrights Bolton Council