id:			94189
accession number:	1914.714.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.714.a
updated:		2025-02-08 22:09:50.586000

Coffin of Nesykhonsu, c. 976–889 BCE. Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22. Gessoed and painted sycamore fig ; overall: 70 cm (27 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.714.a

title:				Coffin of Nesykhonsu
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creation date:			c. 976–889 BCE
creation date earliest:		-976
creation date latest:		-889
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22
technique:	gessoed and painted sycamore fig 
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Third Intermediate
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 70 cm (27 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Inaugural Exhibition
	opening date:   1916-06-06T05:00:00
	<i>Inaugural Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1916, no. 87, p. 213', 'opening_date': '1916-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Thebes, probably Deir el-Bahri. Purchased from Joseph Hassan Ahmed, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 325-335, Color p. 60; Mentioned: p. 325-337
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	Kozloff, Arielle P. <em>Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and his world.</em> Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1992.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. XI.6, p. 334
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