Slipper Coffin Lid
This coffin lid is made out of terracotta and marks on the inside show that it was made on a wheel. Slipper coffins were first popular in Palestine. Some Egyptians then adopted them as a fashion for their own burial. They are called slipper coffins because, apart from the lid, they were made in one piece and the mummy slid into them rather like a foot into a slipper. The lid then closed the gap to fully seal the coffin.
Production Period:
New Kingdom
Material(s):
Pottery
http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1974A51
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