Object Title
Falcon-Headed Coffin for a Corn Osiris
Measurements
47.9 x 15.2 x 12.2 cm
Creation Date
722-30 BCE
Credit Line
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/7826/falconheaded-coffin-for-a-corn-osiris?ctx=fe4621609caa9a155c7ed711dc7d9cd77944a323&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Thomas J. Scapillato, United States. Ex coll. Paul Mooney, United States, purchased from Scapillato through Sands of Time Antiquities, Washington DC, summer 2001. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - May 8, 2013;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2004.