Remarks on the Coffin Set of Maatkare JE 29612 from Bab El-Gasus

Abstract

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo currently houses the coffin set of the daughter of the high priest of Amun Pinudjem II, Maatkare (JE 29612), which was found in Bab El-Gasus’s cache and dates to the late 21st Dynasty. It is no. A. 132 in Daressey’s A. list and no. 80 by Niwiński. This coffin set is distinctive for a variety of reasons, and while it would be impossible to publish it in a single article, this paper will only highlight remarks that show these features, which are the many evidences of reuse, the lily collar on the outer lid, the position of Serqet on the central panel of the outer lid, bringing of the crowns ritual, presenting pectorals, the offering of Sms-antyw, the depiction of the child on the central partition of the lower section of the outer lid, the depiction of the deceased and the cow on a boat emerging from the western mountain, the depiction of Neith, in addition to the deceased lying on a boat on the interior of the outer case, and the absence of the outstretched winged figure on the central panel of the mummy cover.