Lot 695
Coffin Fragment Showing the Sons of Horus. Egypt, Late Period, c. 600-250 BC. An almost square fragment of gessoed wood, with more than half of the painted coffin texts and decoration remaining. Painted in a field of yellow are vertical registers of hieroglyphic text in black, with occasional spacers in green. To the right and painted in green, blue, and black, with some red underpainting, the four sons of Hours are placed one to a register. Qebehsenuf and Duamutef are the most visible. Size: 7-1/2 x 8-1/2". The paint is stable, but ideally the piece should be framed under glass.
Estimated Value $750 - 950.
Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenef are the names of the children of Horus. The four were vital funerary deities. Imsety, was the human headed protector of the liver; Hapy, baboon headed, protected the lungs; Duamutef, jackal headed, was protector of the stomach, and Qebehsenef, falcon headed, guarded the intestines.
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