A Ptolemaic coffin from Sharuna in the Mallawi Museum

Abstract

This study focuses on a wooden anthropoid coffin from the Kom el-Ahmar/Sharuna site. According to the inscriptions on the coffin, it belonged to a lady with no titles referring to her social or job status, but since she owns a coffin, she is from a prestigious social class. The coffin is preserved in the Mallawi Museum, El-Minya Governorate, under inventory number 597. It is displayed in Hall 2, showcase 6. This paper discusses the decoration of this object (inscriptions and scenes) with the aim of identifying the style of the Sharuna coffins in particular and those of Middle Egypt in general, analyzing the characteristics of the cursive hieroglyphic signs, and attempting to establish the genealogy of the deceased’s family.