id:			94194
accession number:	1914.716.b
share license status:	CC0
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Coffin of Senbi (Lid), 1918-1859 BC. Egypt, Meir, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III. Gessoed and painted cedar; overall: 69.7 x 55 x 213 cm (27 7/16 x 21 5/8 x 83 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.716.b

title:				Coffin of Senbi (Lid)
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creation date:			1918-1859 BC
creation date earliest:		-1918
creation date latest:		-1859
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Meir, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat II to Sesostris III
technique:	gessoed and painted cedar
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Middle Kingdom
type:		Funerary Equipment
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measurements: Overall: 69.7 x 55 x 213 cm (27 7/16 x 21 5/8 x 83 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1916, no. 89, p. 213

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
This is the most common type of coffin during the Middle Kingdom. The mummy was placed on his left side, facing east, his head behind the two magical eyes. These--in the shape of human eyes, to which have been added the markings of a falcon's head--were supposed to enable him to behold the rising sun, reborn daily. The long horizontal inscriptions are prayers to Anubis (god of embalming) and Osiris (god of the dead) for offerings of food and drink and other items necessary in the afterlife. The short vertical inscriptions place him under the protection of various other cosmic and funerary deities.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n18

	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: 	Mentioned: p. 186-189; Reproduced: p. 187
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