Coffin of Penu
825–712 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
Medium/TechniqueWood, gesso, pigment
DimensionsLength: 197 cm (77 9/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4839a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceLikely from Thebes. By 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Numbers reassigned and corrected: September 20, 1995)
(Numbers reassigned and corrected: September 20, 1995)
1550–1295 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1550–1295 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
about 1890-1910
664–332 B.C.
1740–1800
about 1965–70
1992
1988
about 1870–90