may 17, 1323 BC - Innermost Coffin of King Tutankhamun
Description:
Date: 1,323 BCEArtist: unkown
Medium: Gold, Enamel, Semiprecious Stones
Location:
original: Egypt
current: Egyptian Museum, Cario
Function:
- the sarcophagus was meant to preserve and protect the pharaoh in the afterlife
- spells to protect the pharaoh
- golden mask has smoothly idealised features to show the pharaoh was young
Form:
- three coffins for the kings’ body
- crook as a symbol of Osiris
- Mummified body of King Tutankhamun
- innerside of the coffin is purely gold
Comparison:
- Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 17, 1323 BC
Now
~ 3351 years ago