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Sarcophagus of Queen Hatshepsut, recut for her father, Thutmose I (box)

1473–1458 B.C.
Medium/TechniquePainted quartzite
DimensionsOverall: 82 x 87 cm, 2721.6 kg, 225 cm (32 5/16 x 34 1/4 in., 6000 lb., 88 9/16 in.)
Framed (Steel lid frame secured to wall with angle plate): 225.4 x 86 x 14.6 cm (88 3/4 x 33 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Case (Rolling steel base with removable wooden skirts): 30.8 x 225.4 x 116.8 cm (12 1/8 x 88 3/4 x 46 in.)
Credit LineGift of Theodore M. Davis
Accession number04.278.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceFrom Thebes, Valley of the Kings, tomb KV 20. 1903-4: discovered by Howard Carter of the Egyptian Antiquities Service for Theodore M. Davis, Theodore M. Davis excavations in the Valley of the Kings. 1904: assigned to Theodore M. Davis in the division of finds by the Egyptian government; 1904: given to the MFA by Theodore M. Davis.
(Accession date: June 7, 1905.)
712–593 B.C.
Head of Amenhotep III
1390–1352 B.C.
Bracelet
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Beads
2040–1640 B.C.
String of beads
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Unguent jar
743–712 B.C.
Beads
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Beaded belt
270 B.C.–A.D. 320