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Lid of the double shawabty coffin of Iniuya and Iuy

1323–1295 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueLimestone
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 31 x 20 x 6.5 cm (12 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Francis Warden Fund
Accession number1977.717
On View
On view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceBy 1800: acquired in Egypt by General Jean-Joseph Tarayre (1750-1855), governor of Suez and a friend of Napoleon, who stayed in Egypt from 798-1800); by descent in Tarayre family until 1970s; by 1977: with Jean-Loup Despras, Paris; October 17, 1977, purchased by the MFA from Despras. (Accession date: October 12, 1977)