Volume 8 (2025)

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The Mummy–Braces on Coffins’ Lids: A New Typological Approach

Niwiński, Andrzej

Abstract:

An atypical coffin–set in the Museum of Natural History in Perpignan includes a lid with an imitation of the mummy–braces crossing on the collar. According to the typology of lids published in 1988 this lid belongs to the Type V and it was dated to the 22nd Dynasty. New studies on this type of the lids allow, however, to distinguish two sub–types, chronologically differentiated, of the mummy–braces imitations: short and long. The lid in Perpignan can be dated now to the late 21st Dynasty. In this article several groups of mummy–braces’ representations are discussed and lists of the coffins belonging to these groups are composed, including the dating propositions for each group.

Citation:

Niwiński, A. 2025. «The Mummy–Braces on Coffins’ Lids: A New Typological Approach», JHIE 8: 101–112

DOI:

10.5281/zenodo.19048970

Language: en

Submitted on 2024-11-06; accepted on 2025-03-06

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