THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COFFIN IN THE SLOVAK NATIONAL MUSEUM: THE DECORATIVE MOTIVES ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE PEDESTAL

• Authors: Dušan Magdolen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article deals with the study, analysis and description of the original decoration preserved on the exterior surface of the coffin pedestal. Some parts of the surface on the pedestal were restored in the 1970s, and they can be clearly distinguished from the rest of the original decoration. The study of the preserved original paintings together with comparative material enables us to describe and analyse the patterns used in the original decoration. Moreover, we can identify its missing and/or damaged parts and describe the whole scene depicted on the surface of the coffin pedestal.

Keywords

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COFFIN; PEDESTAL; DECORATIVE MOTIVES; ARCHAEOLOGY; ANCIENT EGYPT

• Publisher: Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Asian and African Studies
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 233 – 246

Contributors

author

Dušan Magdolen

• Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic