Coffin of Ankh-tesh (Lid)

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Coffin of Ankh-tesh (Lid)

Artist Unidentified

Period Third Intermediate Period Ancient Egyptian, 1070–664 BCE

Dynasty Dynasty 22 (Libyan) Ancient Egyptian, 945–712 BCE

Place of OriginAkhmim, Egypt

Date22nd Dynasty (945-712 BCE)

Dimensions70 × 16 in. (177.8 × 40.6 cm)

Mediumcedar wood with polychrome tempera painted decoration over gesso

ClassificationMummies and Mummy Cases

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1906.2A

Not on View

Published ReferencesCatalogue of a Collection of Egyptian Antiquities Brought Together and Presented to The Toledo Museum of Art by Mr. Edward Drummond Libbey, President of the Museum, Toledo, 1906, p. 12-13, no. 2.

Knudsen, Sandra E., "A Mummy 'Comes to Life' in Toledo," KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, vol. 12, no. 1, April 2001, p. 44, note 1.

"Unique UV & EB Applications: Mummies Come Alive VIa Stereolithography," Radtech Report, vol. 21, no. 6, Nov./Dec. 2007, p. 48, repr. (col.) cover, p. 48.

Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 72-73, repr. (col.) p. 73.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Unseen Art of TMA: What's in the Vaults and Why? Sept. 21, 2004 - Jan. 2, 2005.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010- January 8, 2012.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.