Outer coffin of a scribe for the divine offerings of the temple of Amun
Plastered and painted wood
Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty (ca. 1069-945 BC)
Second Cache of Deir el-Bahari (Bab el-Gasus)

This is the outer coffin of the only complete ensemble from the Second Cache of Deir el-Bahari donated to the museum by the Egyptian government. It also includes an inner coffin (E.5885) and a mummy cover (E.5908).
The name of the deceased is no longer legible in the text on the base due to the repainting done by restorers in the 19th century. There is a rectangular pectoral (breast ornament) on the beautiful collar. The scarab in the middle is rolling the morning sun forward. To the left and right, the sun god Re sits with the feather of truth (Maät) in his hand.
On the vessel, just below the frieze of the feathers of Maät and uraei ( upright cobras), the hieroglyphic inscription promises that the deceased may join the sun barque. On the side wall on the left, Anubis (with the head of a jackal) and four other gods (one with the head of a hare) drag the nightly sun barque with Re (with the sun disk) and Thoth (with the head of an ibis) to a priest dressed in the skin of a feline. The latter probably depicts the deceased.
The hole under the chin indicates where the Osiris beard used to be pinned. The typically male fists are fastened in the same way. The projections at the foot of the lid are also remarkable. They were used to make it easier to carry.