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Sarcophagus lid
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Greywacke
Dimensions
Overall: 38.1 x 193 x 66 cm, 431.8 kg (15 x 76 x 26 in., 952 lb.)
Credit Line
Gift of heirs of Francis Cabot Lowell
Accession Number75.9a-e
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionThese fragments of a large sarcophagus lid of greywacke have been restored to indicate the shape of the original. Surfaces are very well smoothed and details well modelled. The anthropoid shape depicts a figure with a tripartite wig and (restored) false beard with fairly rounded features.
ProvenanceAbout 1835: collected in Egypt by John Lowell, Jr.; 1875: given to the MFA by John A. Lowell and Miss Lowell. (Accession Date: March 18, 1875)