E.01182 - E.01183 Two coffins of a child
Plastered and painted wood
Probably end of the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE)
Origin unknown

These two coffins were clearly made in a similar way and probably belonged to the same tomb. The surface was once covered with a thick layer of plaster, which is no longer preserved. Traces of paint suggest that the body was once painted yellow, while the face was painted in a darker shade of yellow. The faces of both coffins have pronounced facial features. They were the tripartite wig. The back pillar of the coffins is shaped as a Djed-pillar, a reference to the spine of Osiris.
Both coffins were donated to the Museum in 1905 by the count & countess van de Steen de Jehay. They acquired the objects in 1891 in Luxor. It is possible that the coffins were found during excavations in the Valley of the Kings. At the time, the coffins still contained the mummified bodies of two children.