ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COFFIN IN THE SLOVAK NATIONAL MUSEUM: THE DISTRIBUTION OF REGISTERS AND INSCRIPTIONS ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE

• Authors: Magdolen Dušan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The exterior surface of the coffin was originally decorated with polychrome painted scenes and inscriptions. While the back side of the mummiform part of the coffin consisted explicitly of the inscriptions, its frontal side contained a rich combination of paintings divided into registers and sections filled with inscriptions written in vertical and horizontal bands. The exterior surface of the lid of the coffin is very badly damaged. Some physical parts of the surface on the coffin are completely missing. This is why the damaged parts were restored in modern times. This paper deals with the basic layout and distribution of the registers filled with scenes and texts on the preserved exterior surface of the front and back sides of the coffin. The investigation is based on an analysis of the preserved parts of the original decoration identified on the exterior surface of the coffin. A more detailed description and analysis of the particular registers filled with the paintings and inscriptions as well as the reconstruction of the original decorative programme of the coffin will be discussed and presented in following papers.

Keywords

EN

EGYPTOLOGY; EGYPTIAN; COFFIN; DESIGN; REGISTERS; SLOVAK NATIONAL MUSEUM

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 140 – 153

Contributors

author

Magdolen Dušan

• Ústav orientalistiky SAV, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic