Coffin of Khnumnakht
Image
Description:
Village with cross-roads
Phonogram:
Sign No.:
O49
Date:
Middle Kingdom
Type:
Coffin
Provenance:
Meir
Technique
Appearance:
Polychrome
Colors:
BlackBlueGreenWhite
Stylistic notes:
The sign shows the simplified plan of a town, the blue rim probably representing the walls, the green cross the cultivated land.
Color notes:
The rim is blue, the cross green, the triangles are black with blue outline and white fill.
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Image source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544326)
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544326)