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African Art
Fragmentary lid from the coffin of Wadj-shemsi-su,
ca. 1500–1425 BCE
Egyptian
New Kingdom, ca. 1550–1070 BCE | early 18th Dynasty, ca. 1500–1295 BCE
1998-37
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Title
Fragmentary lid from the coffin of Wadj-shemsi-su
Dates
ca. 1500–1425 BCE
Medium
Wood, painted plaster, limestone, obsidian, and bronze
Dimensions
61.0 x 39.5 x 20.5 cm (24 x 15 9/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
1998-37
Inscription
On the back, in cursive hieroglyphs, is part of Spell 17 from the Book of the Dead, as well as the name of the deceased: "Wadj-shemsi-su, engendered by Betyu-ka (his father), born of […] (his mother)"
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Purchased from Fortuna Fine Arts, New York, in 1998.
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1998," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 58, no. 1/2 (1999): p. 86-123., p. 86, p. 87 (illus.)
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 189 (illus.)
- Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013), p. 411
