17 май 1323 г. до нашей эры - Innermost Coffin of King Tutankhamun

Описание:

Date: 1,323 BCE

Artist: 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