Budge, Ernest A. Wallis: Some account of the collection of Egyptian antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux: of Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross (London, 1896)

No. i.

THE COFFIN OF AN-HERU.*

1. Rectangular wooden coffin of An-heru, a high
priestly official, who flourished at Thebes about
b.c. 2600. The cover and coffin are formed of
pieces of wood about three inches thick, which are
joined together by pegs, and save for a few marks of
the tools which were employed to force open the
coffin in modern times, are in a perfect state of
preservation. The inscriptions on the outside are in
hieroglyphics painted green, and the edges of cover,
sides, and ends are decorated with a black and white
border. The inside of the cover is quite plain, but
that of the coffin is covered with lines of inscriptions
in hieroglyphics which contain prayers for funeral
offerings; pictures of objects which form funeral
offerings, and articles of personal apparel; and a
number of chapters of a very ancient version of the
Book of the Dead, written in hieratic. The titles of
the chapters are in red. Along the bottom of the

* See Plate I.