Coffin of Isetweret, Ptolemaic Period, 400–250 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim (Khemmis, Panopolis), Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations 1885–86, Painted and gessoed wood, L. 181 × W. 48.5 × D. 38 cm (71 1/4 × 19 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.), The coffin’s inscription tells us that its owner was the woman Isetweret and that her father, a priest, was called Wenpasherymin and her mother Iretenhapiaat. Isetweret lived in Akhmim, an important religious and cultural center in the Ptolemaic Period that was closely connected to the fertility god Min
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Coffin, Isetweret, Ptolemaic Period, 400–250 B.C, Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Akhmim, Khemmis, Panopolis, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations 1885–86, Painted, gessoed wood, L, 181, W, 48.5, D, 38 cm, 71 1/4, 19 1/8, 14 15/16, coffin, inscription, tells, us, owner, woman Isetweret, father, priest, Wenpasherymin, mother Iretenhapiaat, Isetweret lived, important religious, cultural center, closely connected, fertility god, Min
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