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Coffin of Rehu-er-djer-sen   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title	Coffin of Rehu-er-djer-sen
Description	English: This coffin, made for a man named Rehu-er-djer-sen, is an early form of burial container. The exterior was left largely unpainted, perhaps because it was made from expensive, imported cedar wood. The interior is painted with brightly colored objects and offerings considered essential to a wealthy burial. "Coffin Texts," common to coffins of the early Middle Kingdom, were written on the wood to help the owner gain access to the afterlife. The texts are a series of magical spells intended to safeguard the body and spirit of the deceased and ensure resurrection. Deities were also depicted from the myth of Osiris that guaranteed protection. In the afterlife, the individual was to travel the heavens with the sun-god Re. Hieroglyphic inscriptions on the exterior of the coffin include a prayer to Osiris for funerary offerings. Along the floor of the coffin flows the Nile of the underworld. Rehu-er-djer-sen would have lain on his side so he might see the world through the eyes painted on the outside of the coffin.
Date	between circa 2000 and circa 1950 BC (Middle Kingdom of Egypt era QS:P2348,Q191324 )
Medium	wood with polychrome
Dimensions	50.5 × 215 × 51.4 cm (19.8 × 84.6 × 20.2 in); cover: 7.6 × 51.1 × 216 cm (3 × 20.1 × 85 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	62.5
Place of creation	Egypt
Object history	Lady Meux, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown] William Randolf Hearst, California [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Brummer Estate Sale, New York, 1949, pt. II, no. 70 Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase
Exhibition history	In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978.
Credit line	Museum purchase, 1949
Inscriptions	The inscriptions contain offering formulas, spells of the coffin texts, and names the owner Rehu-er-djer-sen.
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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