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Coffin of Penu
Coffin of Penu

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 view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
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)