coffin of Nakht-ankh

The finely painted ankh, discovered in a rock-cut tomb at Beni Hasan. The coffin is a good example of the classic Middle Kingdom type, a simple rectangular box with a flat lid. It was intended to represent the House of the Spirit of the deceased, the painted panel at the head end with it's squared pattern and representation of double doors gives some idea of a dwelling house of the period.

coffin of Nakht-

Present location	LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL
Inventory number	55.82.112
Dating	12TH DYNASTY
Archaeological Site	BENI HASSAN
Category	COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS OF HUMANS
Material	WOOD
Technique	PAINTED; WOOD-TECHNIQUE

Translation

A boon which the king gives [to] Osiris, Lord of Busiris, Great God, Lord of Abydos, that he may give invocation offerings of bread, beer, oxen, fowl, alabaster, clothing, incense and every good and pure thing on which the god lives, to the Ka of the Overseer of the Temple, Nakht-ankh.
Nakht-ankh, honoured by Amset, honoured by Shu, Overseer of the Temple, Nakht-ankh. (honoured by) Tefnut, Nakht-ankh, honoured by Duamutef.

Nakht-ankh is honoured by Nephthys, Nakht-ankh is honoured by Neith, honoured by the Ennead [...]
A boon which the king gives [to] Anubis who is upon his mound, who is in the place of embalment, Lord of the Sacred land, gives, a good burial in the Western Desert, may he travel in grace from his tomb at the necropolis, the Overseer of the Temple, Nakht-ankh.
Nakht-ankh is honoured by Hepi. (Nakht-ankh) Overseer of the Temple is honoured by Nut.
Nakht-ankh is honoured by Geb. Nakht-ankh is honoured by Qebehsenuf.

Nakht-ankh is honoured by Isis. [...] is honoured by Selkis.

Bibliography

• Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 71; pl.109.