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Inner coffin of Governor Djehutynakht

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 – early Dynasty
2010–1961 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, shaft A (Djehutynakht), Notes: Egypt (Deir el-Bersha, tomb 10 shaft A)

Medium/Technique Cedar
Dimensions Length x width x height: 224.1 x 75 x 80 cm (88 1/4 x 29 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.962a

DescriptionInner coffin of Djehutynakht, head end missing. Interior painted with an offering frieze around the top, false door, vertical columns of Coffin Texts, spells from the Book of the Two Ways and a map of the Underworld.
ProvenanceFrom Deir el-Bersha, tomb 10, shaft A (tomb of Djehutynakht). May 1915: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession Date: March 1, 1921)