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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4671#0061
No. 3.
THE MUMMY AND COFFIN
OF NES-AMSU.
Wooden coffin, in the form of a mummy standing
upon a pedestal, made for Nes-Amsu, a priest and
prophet of the god Khonsu at Apu,* about b.c. 300.
This fine example of coffin manufacture at Pano-
polis is decorated with a number of scenes and in-
scriptions, the greater number of which are painted
in red, light and dark green, white, blue and black
upon a light yellow ground. The designs are charac-
terized by great freedom and boldness, and the
accurate drawing of many of them calls to mind the
finest Theban work of the XVIIIth or XlXth dynasty.
The hieroglyphics have, at times, almost a cursive
* The Panopolis of the Greeks, and Akhmlm of the Arabs.
This city, which is situated about 320 miles south of Cairo in
Upper Egypt, was celebrated for its linen manufacture, and
for the skill of its inhabitants in cutting and polishing precious
stones.
THE MUMMY AND COFFIN
OF NES-AMSU.
Wooden coffin, in the form of a mummy standing
upon a pedestal, made for Nes-Amsu, a priest and
prophet of the god Khonsu at Apu,* about b.c. 300.
This fine example of coffin manufacture at Pano-
polis is decorated with a number of scenes and in-
scriptions, the greater number of which are painted
in red, light and dark green, white, blue and black
upon a light yellow ground. The designs are charac-
terized by great freedom and boldness, and the
accurate drawing of many of them calls to mind the
finest Theban work of the XVIIIth or XlXth dynasty.
The hieroglyphics have, at times, almost a cursive
* The Panopolis of the Greeks, and Akhmlm of the Arabs.
This city, which is situated about 320 miles south of Cairo in
Upper Egypt, was celebrated for its linen manufacture, and
for the skill of its inhabitants in cutting and polishing precious
stones.