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Limestone coffin lid

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Title/s	Limestone coffin lid
Category	funerary equipment
Name	sarcophagus lid
Description	sarcophagus lid. Belonging to Nakht-har-hebi, who held the title 'prophet of the statues of Nectanebo II'. The owner was a priest who tended to the divine images of King Nectanebo II in the main temple at Abydos. This would account for the stone coffin. Only officials, priests or elite members of society were afforded this type of sarcophagus.
Field Collection	Abydos Egypt
Dimensions	height width
Period	Late Period Nectanebo II
Date	360 B.C. — 343 B.C.
Inscriptions/Marks	inscription Interpretation: priest to the statue in the Palace of Nakht-Hor-Heb
Documentation	Randall MacIver, D. Mace, A.C. (1902) El Amrah and Abydos, 1899-1901 (1902) [comments: 85,96, Pl.35.1] Porter, Bertha Moss, Rosalind L.B. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings. Vol.5, Upper Egypt : sites (Deir Rîfa to Aswân, excluding Thebes and the temples of Abydos, Dendera, Esna, Edfu, Kôm Ombo and Philae) [comments: 76]
Material/s	limestone
Accession Number	E.48.1901 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 50364; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-12)

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Limestone coffin lid